A look into the Bundy family’s history reveals how they began to distrust the federal government. From nuclear testing programs in the 1950s to the decades-long Sagebrush Rebellion starting in the 1970s, Cliven Bundy came to believe that the government was out to get him and became emboldened to fight back.
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Obama’s Aesthetic of Cool
Charles Pierce, writing in Esquire, on President Obama’s Democratic National Convention Speech and uniquely American brand of “cool.”
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Little Führers Everywhere
Vegas Tenhold spent six years covering the disorganized chaos of hate groups, and watched as they began to gather around a few media savvy voices.
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Dear Chief Justice John Roberts: Our Country Has Not Changed
The president’s failure to condemn Charlottesville is directly linked to voter suppression in the United States.
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Announcing New Writers and Expanded Coverage
A note on our recent work, and some exciting announcements for what’s up next on Longreads.
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‘Vanity Fair’ Just Published Their Burn Book for Jared and Ivanka
They seem to disappear when bad things are happening. And bad things are always happening.
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16 Documentaries by Steve Bannon
“Cracking the code of the man who packs [Trump’s] ideological lunch.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Eight Things You Need to Know About Me and the Beach
A white woman came up to my mother, leaned in close and said, “We whites have to stick together against the Asian invasion.” My mother was ecstatic. “She liked me! They like me here!”
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The Faces of Deportation in Southern California
Trump’s immigration policy has exiled tax-paying, working-class people of Mexican descent to limbo in Tijuana.
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Prosecutor, Interrupted: A Kamala Harris Reading List
Profiles of Senator Harris over the past decade show her as both smart and warm. Increasingly, they ask if she has what it takes to win.
