Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
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Mr. Throat and Me
When life’s greatest pleasure is the one you have to quit.
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Reading List
Seven Stories About the Science Behind Fast Food
Stories about how fast food co-opted science and technology to create more craveable products.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring San Francisco Chronicle, The New Republic, The New Yorker, Wired and New York Magazine.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editorial team at Longreads.
Posted ininvestigations, Nonfiction, Story
The Lost Genocide
Why the United Nations may never be able to prosecute the Rohingya genocide.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Reading List
We’re Living in the Golden Age of the Corporate Takedown
Why do we love reading about CEOs behaving badly? Perhaps it’s because we identify with their exhausted workers.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
On Barbs and Demogorgons: A Stranger Things Reading List
After the binge-watching comes the binge-reading.
Posted inReading List, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our top stories of the week as chosen by the editorial team at Longreads.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Snow, Death and Politics
While snowed in on the West Coast, Frances Badalamenti grapples alone with her father’s death on the other side of what feels like a dying country.
