On Guthrie, Robeson, Seeger, Lomax, Dylan, the Red Scare, the fall of labor, and what folk music had to do with it.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week as chosen by the Longreads editorial team.
Celebrating Pride: The Work We Have To Do
There is much to do. But we are alive. We get to do the work.
The 2017 National Magazine Award Winners: A Reading List
Congrats to this year’s winners!
How Does It Feel? An Alternative American History, Told With Folk Music
On Guthrie, Robeson, Seeger, Lomax, Dylan, the Red Scare, the fall of labor, and what folk music had to do with it.
The RNC, Revisited
Last year, when Jared Yates Sexton went to Cleveland, the ugliness he saw there was a harbinger of much to come.
You Can See the Battle Scars
How Venezuela’s resistance movement — and the country’s democracy — reached a breaking point during one week in July.
We Need to Talk About Uber: A Timeline of the Company’s Growing List of Problems
Uber’s missteps and high-profile scandals have piled up since 2013. Here’s a timeline.
The 2017 National Magazine Award Winners: A Reading List
Congrats to this year’s winners!
The Story Behind The Deadliest Prison Bus Crash In Texas History
A gruesome recounting of one of the bloodiest days in the history of Texas prisons.

