Highly public pressure campaigns against telephone companies were the crux of early LGBTQ activism.
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‘I Didn’t Have the Language to Call It Racism’: An Interview with Nicole Chung
Nicole Chung wants white parents of transracial adoptees to grapple more candidly with the reality of racism in America.
The Story of Country Music’s Great Songwriting Duo
Before they released “Wichita Lineman,” the greatest unfinished song of all time, Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb lived surprisingly parallel lives.
‘I’ve Always Been Either Praised or Accused of Ambition’: An Interview with Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver takes a rigorous, scientific approach to her novels’ subjects — but, as a woman writer, her authority is often challenged.
Longreads Best of 2019: Investigative Reporting
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in investigative reporting.
Editor’s Roundtable: From WeEarth to The Aunt-o-Sphere (Podcast)
Longreads editors discuss stories in New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Outline, and CrimeReads.
West Across the Sea
Tryggvi Hlinason is a sheep farmer at the center of a new generation of Icelandic basketball talent. He’s trying to do something that only one other Icelander has done before — play in the NBA.
An Ode to Natasha Bedingfield’s ‘Unwritten’
MTV’s “The Hills” was a memorable reality show with an even more memorable theme song.
The Danger of Desire
Faylita Hicks considers what it means to be a Black nonbinary activist in the age of Trump — and questions how the social justice movement has changed the way they have sex.
The Poke Paradox
Where culinary bliss meets environmental peril, and how to solve America’s poke problem.
