Sarah Watts details how science fiction shaped her family, her religion, and her own self-image.
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The Geography of Risk
Americans have built $3 trillion worth of property in some of the riskiest places on earth, so why do taxpayers have to pay for the hurricane damage to rich coastal communities?
Posted inReading List
Women and Pain: A Reading List
“…how do we begin to change the narrative of how women’s pain is perceived, understood, and treated?”
Posted inCurrent Events, Feature, Story
Faith and Reproductive Justice Are Not in Opposition
Black women face outsized threats if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
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Longreads Best of 2018: Sports Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in sports writing.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, History, Nonfiction, Story
I’ve Done a Lot of Forgetting
When I was a kid, I wanted my antisemitic tormentors to accept me. I wanted to be their friend.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
What Falls to Earth
Grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
What Falls to Earth
Grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
The Age of Forever Crises
We need to learn how to talk about our irreversible mistakes. Historian Kate Brown says the first step is to resist the Chernobylization of knowledge.
Posted inCrime, Story
“We Are Not Lost Causes”
How youth in Rochester, New York, are working to save their neighborhood — and themselves — by forging pathways away from violent street crime.
