New York midwife Elizabeth Catlin faces 95 individual felony counts at her upcoming trial. For what? For doing her job. Politics and patriarchy make the work of many credentialed, experienced midwives illegal — to the detriment of women and underserved communities.
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Five Longreads Stories Selected for 2020 Editions of the ‘Best American’ Series
Congratulations to Matthew Salesses, Tim Requarth, Mojgan Ghazirad, Shanna B. Tiayon, Joe Fassler, and The Counter, our partner in co-publishing Fassler’s piece.
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The Women Who Built Grunge
Bands like L7 and Heavens to Betsy were instrumental to the birth of the grunge scene, but for decades were treated like novelties and sex objects. Thirty years later, it’s time to reassess their legacy.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Brazil’s Roads to Destruction
Every year, vehicles on Brazil’s ever-expending road network hit over 400 million Brazilian animals, causing series declines in some species — and Brazil isn’t the only country expanding its infrastructure.
Posted inNonfiction
The Strange and Dangerous World of America’s Big Cat People
A headline-grabbing murder-for-hire plot helped expose the dark side of exotic animal ownership in the U.S. Is there now enough momentum to reform the industry?
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
The Octopus’ Branding Makeover: From Devil-Fish to Brilliant Invertebrate
“Each arm, with its own brain inside, moves completely independent of the others. So much so that arms have been known to steal food from each other.”
Posted inCurrent Events, Science & Nature, Story
A View of the Bay
A family’s losses after Hurricane Sandy didn’t come in the usual order or with the usual speed.
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
The Traffic Jam on Mount Everest that Cost 11 Lives
“The crowd seemed incredible—like a bag of Skittles had been scattered down the slope.”
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What the World’s Most Controversial Herbicide Is Doing to Rural Argentina
After enormous lobbying efforts, Monsanto’s GMO soybeans, treated with Roundup, became the country’s largest export, as cancer rates and other health issues skyrocketed.
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Still Waters
The muted response to Todd Haynes’s “Dark Waters” is depressingly similar to our culture’s muted response to climate change
