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File, Deduct, Hide: Six Essential Stories About Taxes
The rich hate them, the poor need them, and everyone has to do them. Well, almost everyone.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
Salt, Sugar, Fat, Repeat: A Reading List on Restaurant Chains
On regionality, class, and culture, from Waffle House to the Cheesecake Factory.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
Millennial Women At Work: A Reading List
These stories offer a glimpse into the weird world of “professionalism,” how young women are expected to adapt to rapidly changing, innately biased work environments.
God Save the Queen: Seven Stories about Elizabeth II
From her education to the careful plans for her funeral, seven stories on the long-reigning monarch.
Seven Stories About the Science Behind Fast Food
Stories about how fast food co-opted science and technology to create more craveable products.
The Story of Memory: An Interview with Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on The Train and Into the Water, reflects on two unreliable things: narrators and memory.

