Before he founded High Times, Tom Forcade was a renegade journalist willing to throw a pie—or a lawsuit—in the face of anyone restricting his constitutional freedoms.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Amanda Mull, Allegra Hobbs, Andrew O’Hagan, Andrew Kay, and Joe Veix.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Technology
‘Social Media Managers Are First Responders’
“They’re on the front lines of a relentless and overwhelming news cycle that is pushing them to the edge.”
Posted inNonfiction
The Strange True Tale of ‘Castro’s No. 1 Killer’
Herman Marks, a drifter from Milwaukee, took a boat to Cuba with nothing but a Colt .45 revolver and $400 in cash. His plan? To join the revolution.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
Checking in on the Masculinity Crisis
If masculinity really is in crisis — and that’s a big if — we should at least be able to agree that it’s not women’s responsibility to fix it.
Posted inBooks, First Chapters, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing
Leslie Jamison: Does Recovery Kill Great Writing?
When Leslie Jamison got sober she wanted to know how a life lived without alcohol would affect her writing.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
The Amateur Investigators of the American West
When 66-year-old Bill Ewasko got lost near Joshua Tree National Park, the case spawned a network of amateur investigators obsessed with finding him.
Posted inBooks, Crime, Culture, Nonfiction, Story
A New View of Crime in America
What does incarceration do for the member of a family that views prison as a rite of passage? A New York Times reporter takes a close look at intergenerational criminality.
