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How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump
“I’m not arguing that Russians pulled the voting levers. I’m arguing that they persuaded enough people to either vote a certain way or not vote at all.”
Posted inHighlight, Quotes, Science & Nature
From the Sewer to the Syringe
Biomedical researchers find remedies for antibiotic-resistant infections in grody places.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
In Defense of Boris the Russki
Ayşegül Savaş calls into question a kind of racism in Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, and laments the liberal reluctance to rebuke discrimination outright, regardless of its targets.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Reading List
1000 Days of Trump
Where do we start? How long do you have?
Posted inNonfiction
Records on Bone
One young Ukrainian-American struggles to piece together a clear portrait of her parents’ difficult Soviet past, once they quit erasing, and began embracing, their legacy.
Posted inCrime, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Paid Manipulators of Reality
By using avatars, Facebook, fake websites, and fake news, new private intelligence firms staffed by Israeli intelligence personnel are waging wars on perception to alter targeted groups’ beliefs and behavior. In their story for The New Yorker, Adam Entous and Ronan Farrow profile one firm called Psy-Group to delve deep into this disturbing frontier, which one Israeli intelligence […]
Posted inBooks, Commentary
The Longreads 2019 Holiday Gift Book Guide
Let Longreads help you with your holiday shopping! We’ve made a catalog of books we featured in 2019 that we think would make great gifts for everyone on your list.
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How Russia Let Britain Hide Its Dirty Money
Can rich Russian businesspeople, criminals and oligarchs influence British politics by investing their money in English assets? And is it too late to purge this money?
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Because Chernobyl is Safer Than a War Zone
Kovalenko’s choice? Facing mortars on a daily basis or exposing your children to the after-effects of Chernobyl.
