An obscure character was a stand-in for the creator of Peanuts when he fell in love with tennis during the sport’s boom in the 1970s.
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What the World’s Most Controversial Herbicide Is Doing to Rural Argentina
After enormous lobbying efforts, Monsanto’s GMO soybeans, treated with Roundup, became the country’s largest export, as cancer rates and other health issues skyrocketed.
Posted inStory
When Did Pop Culture Become Homework?
When art is a should or a must or a have to, when we turn it into a chore, it is the opposite of what art is supposed to be.
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Shelved: The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band’s “Brain Opera”
What happens when you’re not different just for the sake of being different.
Posted inBusiness & Tech
Peter Thiel Makes Sure His Kids Are All Right
Why the libertarian billionaire keeps tabs on the magazine he founded at Stanford 30 years ago.
Posted inStory
Downsizing the American Black Middle Class
Government jobs helped thousands of Black families move into the middle class. Now, increasing calls for government privatization are pushing them back out.
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Unearthing the Story: An Interview with Peter Hessler
The New Yorker writer describes his career’s circuitous route, from his start as a struggling fiction writer to becoming a China correspondent, and now the author of a new book about the Arab Spring.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
The Young Man and the Sea Sponge
SpongeBob SquarePants turned 20 this summer. This is the story of how a marine biology teacher named Stephen Hillenburg gave life to an animated character who continues to delight fans worldwide.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Vacation Memories Marred by the Indelible Stain of Racism
Shanna B. Tiayon recalls an interaction with a National Parks Service bus driver that cast a pall on a family trip to the Grand Canyon.
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The 25 Most Popular Longreads Exclusives of 2018
The original reporting, personal essays, columns, and collaborations that were our most-read stories of the year.
