When Spenser Mestel tries to get a prescription for Truvada in Iowa City, he discovers that medical breakthroughs are only one small part of HIV prevention.
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The Problem With Hollywood’s Portrayal of Pregnant Women
Can Hollywood get pregnant women right?
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
‘We Have to Do Better’: A Reading List on the Charleston Church Massacre
We have to demand accountability from one another and stand up for people of color—in the streets, in our Facebook feeds, in our offices and homes.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Ruback
A newspaper journalist’s attempt to correct the record.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
‘We Have to Do Better’: A Reading List on the Charleston Church Massacre
We have to demand accountability from one another and stand up for people of color—in the streets, in our Facebook feeds, in our offices and homes.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Chasing Bayla
A 2014 Pulitzer Prize finalist by Sarah Schweitzer about the quest to save a North Atlantic right whale. The whales’ numbers are dwindling from deaths due to getting ensnared in fishing ropes.
Posted inNonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Unchain My Heart: On the Emotional Effectiveness—and Lingering Sexism—of Jewish Divorce
Sari Botton explores the dark side of a tradition that has for millennia subverted women’s rights.
Posted inReading List, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, The New Yorker, Toronto Life, The AV CLub, The Atlantic, and Radio Silence.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5
Longreads Best of 2015: Here Are All of Our No. 1 Story Picks from This Year
All through December, we’ll be featuring Longreads’ Best of 2015. To get you ready, here’s a list of every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email.
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In Praise of Public Pitching
I’ve always been fascinated by how narrative journalism gets commissioned, reported, and published–but the most perplexing part of the entire system is the continued power imbalance between writers and publishers. This imbalance persists in spite of the internet “democratizing” publishing. More digital publishers are embracing feature writing, but the process behind the scenes feels stuck in the past–a time-consuming marathon of […]
