This week’s reading list is dedicated to marginalized voices. Some of these stories were written in the wake of this year’s election; others came before.
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What Comes Next: Confronting a Post-Election America
This week’s reading list is dedicated to marginalized voices. Some of these stories were written in the wake of this year’s election; others came before.
Is the Internet Changing Time?
“Fragments of the past are for the first time on tap, not stored away in boxes,” writes Laurence Scott.
Journalist Jack Shenker on the State of the Egyptian Revolution, Five Years Later
At the Guardian, Jack Shenker — author of the new book The Egyptians: A Radical Story — examines the future of the Egyptian Revolution.
Naked and Unafraid: A Reading List About Nudity
Here are five stories about the sociopolitics of stripping down.
Longreads Best of 2016: Here Are All of Our No. 1 Story Picks from This Year
All through December, we’ll be featuring Longreads’ Best of 2016. To get you ready, here’s a list of every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email.
The Louisiana Environmental Apocalypse Road Trip
Louisiana serves as a terrifying example of what can become of a state that shortchanges science and environmental regulations to boost industry and infrastructure.
Naked and Unafraid: A Reading List About Nudity
Here are five stories about the sociopolitics of stripping down.
Exxon, Rex, and Russia: A Deep Drilling
A journey down the borehole, a long walk off a short oil rig.
Haruki Murakami on the Weirdness of His Birthday as a Public Event
In the introduction to “Birthday Stories,” a 2004 anthology edited by Haruki Murakami, Murakami writes about the particular weirdness of having his birthday become a public event.

