According to primatologist Frans de Waal, we don’t like to admit that animals, especially apes, have emotions just like ours, and science has become better at studying apes’ behaviors than human ones.
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A Lover’s Blues: The Unforgettable Voice of Margie Hendrix
Remembering the woman who outsang Ray Charles.
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature
Will Big Pharma Help Save Some of the Oldest Marine Life on Earth?
To save threatened shorebirds, one pharmaceutical biologist had to figure out how to save the crabs they depend on.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Of Safe Words and the Sacred
A BDSM relationship gone wrong helped Britni de la Cretaz find God.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Of Safe Words and the Sacred
A BDSM relationship gone wrong helped Britni de la Cretaz find God.
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Beyond “Rumble”: Talking with John O’Connor About the Other Link Wray
Journalist John O’Connor talks about writing his epic Oxford American magazine feature on musician Link Wray.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Ronan Farrow, Diana Nyad, Rachel Monroe, Ross Andersen, and Teresa Mathew.
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‘There’s Virtually No Conversation In Chicago … About the Aftershocks of the Violence.’
In “An American Summer,” journalist Alex Kotlowitz tries to report on gun deaths on Chicago’s South Side with the same attention to survivors, anniversaries, and aftershocks that is paid to mass shootings.
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On Safari in Trump’s America
A journey into the next frontier of anthropological tourism: unsuspecting towns in the American “heartland.”
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Longreads Best of 2018: Business Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in business writing.
