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Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 22, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Lakeidra Chavis, Jodi S. Cohen, Jennifer Smith Richards, Heidi Blake, Zandria F. Robinson, Michael Hall, and Eve Peyser.

a stack of four pancakes. there is a pat of butter on the top and maple syrup dripping down the side.
Posted inHighlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes

Let Them Eat Pancakes

by michelleweber September 12, 2018October 19, 2022

Employer loyalty is nice, but people can’t actually their pay bills with it.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads September 7, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Lyz Lenz, Chris Sweeney, Megan Zahneis and Jack Stripling, Davey Alba, and Christopher Borrelli.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Kent State Shootings, 35 Years Later

by Sari Botton May 4, 2017October 19, 2022

On the 47th anniversary of the Kent State shootings, NPR has this excerpt of 13 Seconds: A Look Back at the Kent State Shootings, former Chicago Tribune reporter Philip Caputo’s 2005 book about covering the massacre, in which members of the Ohio National Guard shot and killed unarmed students who were protesting the Vietnam War.

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