“Adults are divided about giving children new drugs for weight loss. At 13, Maggie Ervie decided to take them.”
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All True At Once
You made a fool of the words “feminine” and “masculine” — you were neither, you were both.
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The Coloradans Exercising Their Right To Die—and a Doctor Who Helps Them Find Peace
“More terminally ill Coloradans than ever are turning to Denver Health’s Medical Aid in Dying clinic. We spent the summer witnessing the quiet decisions and final moments of those who chose when—and how—to say goodbye.”
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Nights and Days
“Maybe anybody who can become transparent to experience and articulate it truthfully and without distortion is a poet. Even if the facts are scary or horrible, what comes out, if true, might be beautiful.”
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How I Became a Modern Bootlegger
“Even after 25 years in journalism, I never knew humanity the way I did working at a strip club and moving product.”
Posted inReading List
‘The Evanescence is the Thing’: Five Writers on the Power of the Dance Floor
Five reads on dancing, techno music, and rave and club culture.
Posted inTop 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
We’re recommending stories by Eric Boodman, Ann Neumann, Amos Barshad, Rosecrans Baldwin, and Danielle Elliot.
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My Never-Ending Search for Adderall
“I was diagnosed with ADD in 1985 at the age of five. Doctors swore I’d grow out of it.”
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If My Dying Daughter Could Face Her Mortality, Why Couldn’t the Rest of Us?
“Perhaps part of Orli’s legacy is insisting on this conversation.”
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‘These Kids Are Dying’ — Inside the Overdose Crisis Sweeping Fort Bragg
“A staggering total of 109 soldiers assigned to Fort Bragg died in 2020 and 2021. Dozens have lost their lives there to drug overdoses. Now, their families are demanding answers — and accountability.”
