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Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Podcasts

Editor’s Roundtable: Manufactured to Go Viral (Podcast)

by Longreads July 26, 2019October 19, 2022

Longreads editors discuss stories in Pacific Standard, The Paris Review, and Topic.

Posted inScience & Nature

Longreads Best of 2019: Science and Nature

by Longreads December 12, 2019October 13, 2022

We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year. Here is the best in science and nature.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads July 26, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Brent Cunningham, CJ Hauser, Carla Bruce-Eddings, Caroline Rothstein, and Lisa Grossman.

Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Podcasts

Editor’s Roundtable: All Things Being Unequal (Podcast)

by Longreads July 2, 2019October 19, 2022

Longreads editors discuss stories in The Cut, Columbia Review of Journalism, The New York Times, and Pacific Standard.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads June 28, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from E. Jean Carroll, Stephanie Clifford, Robert Macfarlane, Kathryn Miles, and Graphic Staff with Spencer Cliche.

Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes

“White” Isn’t Even Neutral When You’re Talking About Paint Colors

by michelleweber March 12, 2019October 19, 2022

Your systems will not protect you.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads February 8, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Christian Miller, Megan Rose, and Robert Faturechi; Robin Hemley; David Gauvey Herbert; Ian Parker; and Meghan Daum.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

North Carolina’s Military Toxic Waste Negligence

by Katie Kosma August 23, 2018October 19, 2022

A reporter’s North Carolina hometown water supply contaminated millions of people, including her mother and two of her now-deceased brothers.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

Terese Marie Mailhot on the Personal Cost of Speaking Out Against Racism

by Krista Stevens May 22, 2018October 19, 2022

Terese Marie Mailhot knows from experience that speaking out against racism can come with a cost. But it’s a cost she’s ready and willing to pay.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes

How to Run a Magazine in the Desert

by Aaron Gilbreath March 14, 2018October 19, 2022

Ken Layne designs, edits, and distributes his independent magazine Desert Oracle from tiny Joshua Tree, California.

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