More than fifty years ago, one man tried to hold the Coors brewery CEO for ransom. Things went very badly.
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Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
What My Great-Grandfather Taught Me About Trump and the Press
The way Trump treats journalists (and journalism) has no parallel to past presidents.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Unapologetic Women
The Consent of the (Un)governed
“Freedom” is just another word for being under the thumb of a powerful white man — for now.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
The Successful Boycott of #DeleteUber and a New Era of Activism
#DeleteUber and the power of protest in 2017.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Inscrutable Tragedy of Reetika Vazirani
Why did a talented, generous, brilliant poet destroy herself and the person she loved most in the world?
Posted inFeature, Nonfiction
Our Well-Regulated Militia
Is the conversation around guns in this country really about the right to bear arms?
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2015: Investigative Reporting
The best in investigative reporting.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Assertiveness Training
Susan Sheu considers her estrangement from her conservative mom, who tried to teach her to stand up and be heard in a male-dominated world — but not to be too unladylike about it.
Posted inReading List
A Resolute 2017: A Reading List
In 2016, I published my New Year’s resolutions on Longreads. As 2017 dawns, I thought I’d check in with my old self, dust off 2016’s goals and set some new intentions.
Posted inNonfiction
The Life and Murder of Stella Walsh, Intersex Olympic Champion
Eighty years ago, in Berlin, Stella Walsh won her second Olympic medal. Decades later, Walsh’s murder and subsequent autopsy threw the legacy of track’s first female superstar into turmoil.
