An oral history of how everything went to hell in December 1969. Fred Hampton was killed by the police, the hippie spirit died at Altamont, and the Weathermen went underground.
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‘We’re the Only Plane in the Sky’
An oral history of what happened on Air Force One in the hours after the 9/11 attacks. #Sept11
Posted inBooks, Current Events, History, Nonfiction, Story
Above It All: How the Court Got So Supreme
Secrecy and speechifying, collegiality and hierarchy, exceptionalism and opulence on the Supreme Court.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Behind the Scenes of Children’s Television: A Reading List
These stories explore the art and economics of making television for kids.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Unexpected Reemergence of an Elusive Strain of Rice
Hill rice was supposed to be extinct, until a South Carolina chef stumbled on it — in Trinidad.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Bootlegging Jane’s Addiction
Aaron Gilbreath considers the impact a live Jane’s Addiction recording has had on him, and the effect heroin had on the band’s — and his own — creativity.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Behind the Scenes of Children’s Television: A Reading List
These stories explore the art and economics of making television for kids.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
On Barbs and Demogorgons: A Stranger Things Reading List
After the binge-watching comes the binge-reading.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
How Temple of the Dog Pioneered a New Genre of Music Videos in the ’90s
Fronted by Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell, Temple of the Dog was the original rock supergroup. Their music video “Hunger Strike” helped launch a musical movement.
