Highly public pressure campaigns against telephone companies were the crux of early LGBTQ activism.
business
Posted inBusiness, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Leaning In with Alex P. Keaton
Born with serious CEO aspirations, Nicole Cyrus found her role model in a white kid from an ’80s sitcom.
Posted inNonfiction
The Martha Stewarting of Powerful Women
How society disproportionately demonizes women after they’ve bent the same rules that men have always broken.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The I in We
How WeWork — a company based on founder Adam Neumann’s vision of a “capitalist kibbutz” — became a sleek, dystopian, mammoth-sized tech unicorn.
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Who Killed Tulum?
From unceasing development to contaminated cenotes, the problems continue to pile up in the Mayan paradise formerly known as Tulum.
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The Five Families of Feces
A look at the cutthroat porta-potty business in New York City, which is surprisingly filled with all kinds of dirty drama.
Posted inEditor's Pick
How to Lose Tens of Thousands of Dollars on Amazon
Some people, like self-proclaimed experts Matt Behdjou and Mike Gazzola, claim to make thousands of dollars selling cheap products from China on Amazon. But not everyone is successful.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2018: Business Writing
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in business writing.
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Current Events, Story, Uncategorized
Tax the Rich
In this economy, what’s a fair share?
Posted inBooks, Business, Business & Tech, Commentary, Current Events, Story, Uncategorized
Beyond Growth
Imagining an economy based in environmental reality