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A Sandwich Shop, a Tent City and an American Crisis

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

“As homelessness overwhelms downtown Phoenix, a small business wonders how long it can hang on.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Death Spiral of an American Family

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 28, 2022October 19, 2022

In this heartbreaking portrait of one American family, Eli Saslow offers a look at “backwards mobility” and the country’s collapsing middle class. It had been almost a month since Dave, 39, found his father lying unresponsive in bed next to his cellphone and a bill from a collections agency, having died of a heart attack […]

Posted inEditor's Pick

‘The Mansion on Emerson Street’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 24, 2021October 19, 2022

“After more than a year of allowing most homeless camps to remain intact so as not to displace people during the pandemic, cities across the country are now beginning to confront another public health crisis unfolding on their streets.”

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Eli Saslow on the Slow-Motion Toppling of Derek Black’s White Supremacism

by Jonny Auping September 20, 2018October 19, 2022

Eli Saslow says the push and pull of resistance (from angry classmates) and civil discourse (with others willing to be kind to him) is what changed Derek Black.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

Mariah Engdahl, Age 16: The Only Gun Control Advocate in Gillette, Wyoming

by Krista Stevens May 23, 2018October 19, 2022

“Wyoming has more guns per capita than any other state, and more than 80 percent of adults in Campbell County have firearms in their homes.”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads February 23, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Edith Zimmerman, Eli Saslow, William Brennan, Meredith Haggerty, and Kelly Conaboy.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The Needle and the Damage Done: ‘What kind of a childhood is that?’

by Krista Stevens February 24, 2017October 19, 2022

The story of Zaine, Arianna, and Zoie Pulliam — three kids under 17 living in South Charleston, West Virginia. Deemed “opiate orphans,” they exemplify a generation of children whose parents have died of drug overdoses as a result of the opioid epidemic.

Posted inQuotes

A Single Dad Takes a Fatherhood Development Class

by Emily Perper May 23, 2015October 19, 2022

Paul wants his baby girl to have the world, and he’s participating in the President’s 16-part fatherhood course to get there. But his girlfriend won’t return his calls, he can’t hold down a job and he lives in one of the roughest neighborhoods in Milwaukee.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

When Our Troops Are Abandoned and Neglected at Home: 6 Stories

by heymarkarms October 15, 2014October 19, 2022

This October 2014 New York Times investigation by C.J. Chivers is about more than just the discovery of old chemical weapons in Iraq—it’s about how shabbily we still treat our troops when they return home. We leave our all-volunteer army with inadequate medical care, emotional trauma, and fragile families. Here are six stories on our […]

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

When Our Troops Are Abandoned and Neglected at Home: 6 Stories

by heymarkarms October 15, 2014October 19, 2022

This October 2014 New York Times investigation by C.J. Chivers is about more than just the discovery of old chemical weapons in Iraq—it’s about how shabbily we still treat our troops when they return home. We leave our all-volunteer army with inadequate medical care, emotional trauma, and fragile families. Here are six stories on our […]

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