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Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Becoming Estranged from My Family ‘Was the Best Thing for Me’
Jessica Berger Gross on what it means to sever ties with your family.
Posted inCurrent Events, Story
The Bitter History of Law and Order in America
It has stifled suffrage, blamed immigrants for chaos, and suppressed civil rights. It’s also how Donald Trump views the entire world.
Posted inEditor's Pick
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.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Longreads Best of 2016: Crime Reporting
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in crime reporting.
Posted inArts & Culture, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Horizon of Desire
Laurie Penny wants a new conversation about women, men, consent, desire, and autonomy.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Bootlegging Jane’s Addiction
Aaron Gilbreath considers the impact a live Jane’s Addiction recording has had on him, and the effect heroin had on the band’s — and his own — creativity.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Celebrating Pride: The Work We Have To Do
There is much to do. But we are alive. We get to do the work.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
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.
Posted inBlog Post, Reading List
The 2017 National Magazine Award Winners: A Reading List
Congrats to this year’s winners!
