When a bomb exploded in a tiny desert town, there was no doubt who did it. But no one could understand why.
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Longreads Best of 2017: Political Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in political writing.
A Once and Future Beef
Beef is a major culprit of the climate crisis, but if you want to consider beef’s future, then look to its past. The industry’s tactics have not changed as much as you might think.
The Brazilian Healer and the Patron Saint of Impossible Causes
Leigh Hopkins faces the hidden truth about the world’s most famous spiritual surgeon and the irresistible desire to find ‘the cure.’
Honey Bees, Worker Bees, and the Economic Violence of Land Grabs
Melissa Chadburn challenges her own belief that environmental justice issues are reserved for people of privilege.
Beyond Growth
Imagining an economy based in environmental reality
Father of Disorder
One woman finds insight into her father’s rage in the scientific concept of entropy.
Bundyville: The Remnant, Chapter Four: The Preacher and the Politician
If America collapses, some see that as an opportunity to reboot society. They say they have God on their side.
A Childhood in Cars
How one young man cut against the grain of American masculinity and freed himself from car culture.
