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Please Don’t You Be My Neighbor
“To watch those people vanish and be replaced by people who shine like glass, who cut through the sidewalks like knives but reflect nothing back, has been another scraping out. Am I still here? I don’t know anyone here anymore.”
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Longreads Best of 2020: Business Writing
Our top story picks in business writing this year.
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As Seas Rise, Miami’s Black Communities Fear Displacement From The High Ground
“Regardless of what it’s called—’climate gentrification’ by academics and activists, ‘regular gentrification’ by some community members and city officials or ‘smart planning’ by developers and urban planners —there is an increasing push to build on high-ground in [Miami]. ”
Posted inCulture, Story
Lumbersexuality, a Sport and a Pastime
Why do people — mostly men — want to throw axes and dress like lumberjacks?
Posted inCulture, Current Events, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Not Homeless Enough for Assistance, But Still Without a Home
The working homeless exist in a modern purgatory.
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The New American Homeless
Tenant protections are not sufficient to keep renters housed in cities marked by gentrification and rising rents. This is the story of one displaced Atlanta family, stuck between the harsh reality of homelessness, and agencies’ competing definitions of their predicament.
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Black America Unwittingly Provided the Soundtrack to Its Own Displacement
American music may be Black music, but it has now become the music of displacement.
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How to Pitch Personal Essays to Longreads: An Updated Guide
New submissions guidelines, plus information about our new essay series.
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The Night Charlie Parker Soared in South Central L.A.
Despite fire, gentrification, and time erasing Los Angeles’ rich jazz history, stories help protect it. One historic event occurred in 1947, when the saxophonist genius named Bird jammed after-hours at Jack’s Basket Room, rejuvinated from a six month sober stay at Camarillo State Hospital. Some say it was Bird’s greatest performance. We’ll have to believe […]
