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Alec MacGillis

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 12, 2021October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Karen Hao, Rebecca Solnit, Mary H.K. Choi, and Andrew Buss.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 15, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Melissa Brown, Brendan I. Koerner, Christopher Mathias, and Yiyun Li.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Featured, Highlight, investigations, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Boeing 737 MAX: “Fatally Flawed”

by Krista Stevens November 13, 2019October 19, 2022

Boeing’s failings with the 737 MAX reveal a dangerous deviation from its engineering-first culture that used to put the safety of the flying public before profit.

Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes

An American City, Inhabited Yet Abandoned

by michelleweber March 19, 2019October 19, 2022

“Not a single person was killed on the day of the rioting. But the following month, May, would conclude with 41 homicides — the most the city had experienced in a month since the 1970s.”

Freddie Gray mural, Baltimore, Maryland
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 15, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Chloe Cooper Jones, Adam Serwer, Emma Marris, and Mik Awake.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads May 26, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Justin Heckert, Peter Vigneron, Michael Lista, and Anthony Breznican.

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