Workers at Momentive Performance Materials had given their lives to the chemical plant. The strike was supposed to save what little they had left.
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Meditations in an Emergency
In this oral history of the 2016 election, the media loses the narrative thread it had been creating for decades.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Shelved: The Velvet Underground’s Fourth Album
The story of the Velvet Underground’s fourth album that almost never was.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Stripped: The Search for Human Rights in US Women’s Prisons
The US prison system is broken. It sucks up billions of dollars each year and destroys lives. Could a Thai princess and an accidental criminal justice reform activist in the Pacific Northwest have the answers?
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Fruitland
Privately made records enjoy a cult following among collectors, but few are as legendary as Donnie and Joe Emerson’s 1979 LP Dreamin’ Wild.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Steve Kolowich; Stephanie Clifford and Jessica Silver-Greenberg; Taffy Brodesser-Akner; Carolyn Murnick;Â and Jamie Lauren Keiles.
Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post
It’s A Very Muppets Controversy!
Steven Whitmire, who was was let go after playing Kermit for nearly three decades, has fired back at Disney.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
O, Small-bany! Part 2: Winter
Notes from an awful winter.
Posted inCurrent Events, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Maybe We’re the Circle
Megan Stielstra and Nicole Piasecki talk about the shooting that changed their lives, who owns the story, and what to do with fear. Part three of a three-part series on gun violence.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events
A Close Reading of Ryan Lizza’s Phone Call from Anthony Scaramucci
Oh, my god.
