“Sex, money, morals, and the making of an ever-shifting franchise.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: Bear bones, outstanding Outkast, Brightline’s brutality, lasting lunches, ruin ruminations, and more.
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The Search
“More than thirteen years ago, Araceli Salcedo Jiménez’s daughter, Rubí, was disappeared from a bar in Orizaba. Since then, Araceli has led an effort to dig up hundreds of clandestine graves looking for the victims of Mexico’s drug war. She is still digging.”
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Best of 2024: Our Most Popular Stories of the Year
Our 10 most-read Longreads essays of 2024.
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Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible
“History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.”
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The Murder, the Museum and the Monument
“How the discovery of a long-lost monument shattered the trust between a Japanese American community and the museum built to preserve their history.”
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America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs
“Does anyone have a plan for what happens next?”
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The Boy Who Came Back: The Near-Death, and Changed Life, of My Son Max
“It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life.”
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Why the Future of Movies Lives on Letterboxd
“If Rotten Tomatoes has become a tool of Hollywood’s homogenizing marketing machinery, Letterboxd is something else: a cinephilic hive buzzing with authentic enthusiasm and heterogeneous tastes.”
