The border of Northern Ireland was one Rachel Andrews thought she could never cross. Then it began to dissolve.
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Convenience Store Woman
If the convenience store and Japanese society are so similar, why can Keiko Furukura function in one and not the other?
On American Identity, the Election, and Family Members Who Support Trump
Nicole Chung reflects on the burden of engaging with racism and educating white people, including some in her own family.
Volkswagen and ‘the Normalization of Deviance’
In The Atlantic, Jerry Useem looks at historic precedents in other large organizations such as Johnson & Johnson, Ford and NASA to explore Volkswagen’s expensive mistake and the corporate climate that led to it.
Late in Life, Thoreau Became a Serious Darwinist
But he died before he could finish his book on natural history. As Emerson put it, Thoreau “depart[ed] out of Nature before… he has been really shown to his peers for what he is.”
Why Do Men Fight?: An Interview with Thomas Page McBee
“When I started asking myself questions about my own notions of masculinity. I just felt so limited, so suddenly afraid of becoming the kind of man I’d grown up in fear of.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, California Sunday, The Guardian, and The Atlantic.
Derivative Sport: The Journalistic Legacy of David Foster Wallace
Editors and writers discuss the ways David Foster Wallace’s work influenced them and what it was like to work with him.
The Best Longreads From Trump’s First 100 Days
After an exhausting first few weeks, the media dug in for the long fight ahead.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, Outside, The Atlantic, Harper’s, Stanford Medicine, and The Walrus.

