Golden Age antiheroes and the nasty women who humanized them.
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Posted inBusiness & Tech, History, Nonfiction
My Journey to the Heart of the FOIA Request
Fifty years ago, the Freedom of Information Act gave the public access to government secrets — all you had to do was ask. How a simple request became a bureaucratic nightmare.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Edith Zimmerman, Eli Saslow, William Brennan, Meredith Haggerty, and Kelly Conaboy.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Searching for The Sundays
When music writers are also music fans, they can walk a line between appreciative and intrusive.
Posted inBooks, Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Walking Across California
To understand what the Golden State is compared to what it was, one solitary hiker follows the trail of the first overland Spanish expedition into California 250 years later.
Posted inArts & Culture, Commentary, Culture, Story
Memory and the Lost Cause
An incomplete nostalgia still undergirds parts of American life.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Uncategorized
Where the Trouble Started
Decades after a childhood sexual assault, Saidee Sonnenberg tries to make sense of what happened.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Uncategorized
Where the Trouble Started
Decades after a childhood sexual assault, Saidee Sonnenberg tries to make sense of what happened.
Posted inCurrent Events, education, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Resegregation of Charlotte’s Public Schools
Charlotte, North Carolina, once embraced public school integration, but schools have become highly segregated again.
