“When my state passed one of the most rigid abstinence-only sex education laws in the nation, I went back to school.”
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Longreads Best of 2019: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
Our top picks of the year, all in one place.
Posted inBundyville The Remnant, Crime, Culture, Current Events, investigations, Nonfiction, Story
Bundyville: The Remnant, Chapter Five: The Remnant
The Kingdom of Heaven, borne out of blood
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction
‘Premonitions Are Impossible, and They Come True All the Time’
What if the prediction of your death could bring it about?
Posted inArts & Culture, Culture
Remembering James Ingram
The R&B singer and songwriter made it look easy, even when it wasn’t.
Posted inNonfiction
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.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Scholar of Mazes: Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse
“I stepped forward into a darkness that I’m still trying to find my way out of more than 40 years later.”
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we’re sharing stories by Evan Osnos, Ashley C. Ford, Michael Grabell, Chris Heath, and Becca Andrews.
Posted inCurrent Events, Feature, Story
Faith and Reproductive Justice Are Not in Opposition
Black women face outsized threats if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Johnny Rotten, My Mom, and Me
Kimberly Mack recalls the ways in which rock music bonded her with her African American mom, and how those fierce sounds helped them cope with the poverty, violence, and despair both outside and inside their Brooklyn home.
