Comedian Billy Domineau imagines a world in which the sitcom “Seinfeld” is still on the air and “Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer acted like the entitled, selfish, near-sociopathic New Yorkers that they always were during one of the most trying and intense times in the city’s history.”
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Celebrating Pride: The Work We Have To Do
There is much to do. But we are alive. We get to do the work.
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‘Trump Wouldn’t Be President Without the Neoliberalization of New York City’
A conversation about hyper-gentrification with Vanishing New York author Jeremiah Moss.
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The Whistleblower in the Family
After her father was arrested for fraud, Pearl Abraham began the the slow, painful process of unraveling her Hasidic family ties.
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Rich Teeth, Poor Teeth: Life Along the Dental Divide
Recent reporting on dental care in America shows that small problems can have enormous medical consequences.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
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Millennial Women At Work: A Reading List
These stories offer a glimpse into the weird world of “professionalism,” how young women are expected to adapt to rapidly changing, innately biased work environments.
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Between Life and Death, There’s San Francisco: A Reading List
The Golden Gate Bridge has long embodied the contradictions of the city it overlooks: ambition, connection, innovation, a beginning and an end.
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The Condition that Shielded My Grandfather From Heartbreak
Kate Axelrod reflects on the last days of her grandmother’s life, and witnessing as her grandfather’s own decline helped him to survive losing his wife of 66 years.
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A Short Distance from Southie, but a World Away
Tara Wanda Merrigan recalls navigating between the very different realms of Harvard and home.
