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Tomorrow Isn’t Over: A Reading List About Brighter Futures
Hope may seem to be in short supply these days, but these stories dare to chart a course toward something better.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Tune In, Drop Out
In South Korea, the cultural and familial pressure to conform is massive, and for many, crushing. Meet the individualist loners, the honjok, who are carving out a new way — and changing the Korean economy.
Posted inBusiness, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
Instacart: Shop ‘Til You Drop
‘“People are disposable to them,” Rachel says. “They don’t care.”’
Posted inFood, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
This Visionary Chef Has Unlocked the Secrets of the Sea Floor. Can He Change the Way We Eat?
Harvesting rice from the sea? This Spanish chef dreams big.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Death and Denial in Brazil’s Amazon Capital
“Even if I had stopped it (economy), if I had closed the city for 30 days, no one goes in and no one goes out. At some point I would have had to open and at some point the virus would have gotten here.”
Posted inFeature
Best of 2025: All Our Number Five Story Picks
Every story we selected for the number five slot in our weekly newsletter, in a handy digest.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Covid Conversations With One of America’s Richest Men
When the pandemic hit, Max Abelson called the richest person he knew. In a series of conversations with this anonymous billionaire, we see life through the eyes of the privileged and wealthy.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jane Mayer, Patricia Lockwood, Rachel E. Gross, and Theresa Okokon.
Posted inStory
The Cabin on the Mountain
“Sometimes, the mechanism of the answer is something ludicrously complex, a thing that must be pieced out bit by bit. Other times, the solution requires retooling your perspective.”
