There are stories here about the Native-led protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, folks standing up to Donald Trump and his white supremacist cronies, and prisoners striking against their miserable living conditions in a racist system.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
A Baby Boomer’s Hot Take on Millennial Activism
There aren’t a lack of #hottakes on the internet that attempt to fashion some sort of correlation between millennials and previous generations, and how much of an impact the youngest demographic of voters have had on our political climate. This period of our country’s history will be a popular form of anthropological study years from now, as researchers study the protests and other reactions from both the left and right to the ascendancy of President Donald Trump.
Posted inCurrent Events, Reading List, Story
The Best Longreads From Trump’s First 100 Days
After an exhausting first few weeks, the media dug in for the long fight ahead.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2016: Political Analysis
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in political analysis.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
What We Get Wrong about Hannah Arendt
The lessons we are drawing from her work may not be the one we most need to learn.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
What We Get Wrong about Hannah Arendt
The lessons we are drawing from her work may not be the one we most need to learn.
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What It’s Like to Grow Up Gay in Russia
For this week’s Longreads Member Pick we are proud to feature a chapter from Gay Propaganda, a new collection of original stories, interviews and testimonials from LGBT Russians both living there and in exile. The book was edited by Masha Gessen and Joseph Huff-Hannon, and will be published by OR Books in February. We’d like to thank them for […]
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What It’s Like to Grow Up Gay in Russia
“I had a career in Russia, a nice apartment, friends, family. I sacrificed all that to be with Ana.”
