In an excerpt from ‘The Third Rainbow Girl,’ Emma Copley Eisenberg interrogates various social conditions that might have contributed to a mysterious double murder in West Virginia in 1980.
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It’s Not You, It’s Me: A Breakup Reading List
A late bloomer as far as relationships go, my first encounter with heartbreak came from the track. It was junior year. The district meet: all big Texas sky and girls next to me adjusting hair ties and heat waves shimmering ahead. At that point in my life, I had devoted myself entirely to running. I […]
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
I’m 72. So What?
Catherine Texier pushes back against society’s dated ideas about older women, claiming her place among those who are determined to remain vibrant and relevant in the last decades of their lives.
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Lions, Tigers, and a Rabbit Named Bugs: A Reading List on Animal-Human Interactions
What kinds of relationships exist between humans and animals, and what well-intentioned actions from humans bring harm?
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The Fracking Lottery
“When I moved to Billtown, I worried most about whether fracking tainted groundwater. By the time I left the area, my biggest concern was whether the liberty granted to citizens to lease their land, or to otherwise act in ways that limits others’ access to environmental goods, taints democracy.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Story
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Lost Album, Human Highway
How CSNY fumbled a chance to record their best album.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The New Age of Astrology
What’s behind the recent surge of interest in astrology — especially among millennials?
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Lili Loofbourow, Rachel Monroe, Benjamin Weiser, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, and Megan Greenwell.
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Could Facebook Be Tried for Human-Rights Abuses?
In Myanmar, Facebook is the de facto internet. Does that mean they can be legally responsible for their actions — or lack thereof — when content there influences politics or incites violence?
