“I’m amazed at our human capacity to adapt to the unbearable. Almost anything can seem normal if it’s inflicted on us long enough.”
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Why Amanda Fortini Won’t Soon Be Leaving Las Vegas
“Las Vegas is a place about which people have ideas. They have thoughts and generalizations, takes and counter-takes, most of them detached from any genuine experience and uninformed by any concrete reality.”
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Greg Miller, Melissa del Bosque, Katherine Rosman, Laura Marsh, and Alexander Huls.
Posted inStory
The Hare Krishnas of Coal Country
The world is full of make-believe. Some of it is sweet, some of it is sick. It persists because we have found no other antidote for pain.
Posted inBusiness, College, Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Scamming Their Way to the Top of Hollow Mountan
How Southern California’s rich and famous tried to cheat to get their kids into college.
Posted inNonfiction
Paul Clarke Wants to Live
When a promising student left a neighborhood full of heroin for the University of Pennsylvania, it should have been a moving story. But what does an at-risk student actually need to thrive — or even just to survive?
Posted inBusiness, Commentary, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Story, Uncategorized
What Should Universal Basic Income Look Like?
Andrew Yang made it news, but we need a better plan.
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Commentary, Culture, Story, Uncategorized
We All Work for Facebook
Digital labor is valuable even when we do it for free. Should we get paid?
Posted inNonfiction
Shelved: The Misfits’ 12 Hits From Hell
For a bunch of rock ‘n’ rollers creating the horror punk genre, the Misfits sure were sensitive.
Posted inArts & Culture, Media, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Washington D.C.’s New Media Landscape Is Niche
General readers won’t have heard of their publications, but Washington D.C.’s trade press cater to specialist readers who pay top dollar for the beats they cover.
