Circling billions of gallons of toxic water at America’s largest Superfund site.
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600? Is That Even Possible?
We like to think Longreads furnishes more than simply emergency reading, and that’s certainly true this week.
Strong Mothers, Boundless Lives, and the Week’s Top 5
We connect in such curious ways; thus are we transformed.
Best of 2023: Investigations
Our top picks in the investigative reporting category.
A Fish Tale (and Our Top 5)
“My treasured memories, I’ve learned, are all subsidized by a massive Fish Industrial Complex—one that has taken a toll on all sorts of insects, invertebrates, frogs, and salamanders.” In the summer of 2014, Alex Brown went on a life-changing backpacking trip in the Colorado wilderness. On that trip, he caught 50 trout, keeping a few […]
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we’re highlighting stories from Tom Lamont, Charlotte Alter, Dženana Vucic, John Paul Scotto, and Devin Friedman.
The Memory Maker
OpenAI’s Sora allowed you to deepfake yourself. Users started to remember things that never happened.
Not Just Communes: A Reading List on Intentional Communities
Six stories highlighting communal lifestyles, past and present.


