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Posted inHighlight, History, Quote Posts, Quotes

One of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s ‘Unsalvageables,’ 30 Years Later

by Krista Stevens June 23, 2020October 19, 2022

“Even children with treatable issues—perhaps they were cross-eyed or anemic, or had a cleft lip—were classified as ‘unsalvageable.'”

Posted inNonfiction

Lloyd’s Mattress

by Scott Korb May 26, 2020October 20, 2022

Scott Korb contemplates disgust — his own, yours — at the kind of magical thinking that promises (with fingers crossed) to protect us from all the causes of dying.

Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Storytelling the Flood: Elizabeth Rush on Empathy and Climate Change

by Bradley Babendir June 6, 2018October 19, 2022

In her new book, Elizabeth Rush gives voice to poor communities and communities of color who are the first victims of the rising sea.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes

The New, Improved, Empathic Sarah Silverman

by Krista Stevens May 24, 2018October 19, 2022

Formerly controversial comic Sarah Silverman is “on a campaign to neutralize her haters with a weapon more powerful than a million burns: empathy.”

Posted inStory

Between the Wolf in the Tall Grass and the Wolf in the Tall Story: A Course on Empathy

by Scott Korb February 1, 2018October 19, 2022

Scott Korb’s course explores the differences between empathy and sympathy, and how those nuances influence the art we make.

Posted inStory

The Encyclopedia of the Missing

by Jeremy Lybarger January 11, 2018June 21, 2023

She keeps watch over one of the largest databases of missing persons in the country. For Meaghan Good, the disappeared are still out here, you just have to know where to look.

Posted inBlog Post, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

An Unapologetic Plea for Your Help Funding More Personal Essays

by Sari Botton October 27, 2017October 19, 2022

Longreads’ Essays Editor on the importance of budgeting for personal narratives.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

I Want to Persuade You to Care About Other People

by Danielle Tcholakian August 24, 2017October 19, 2022

After changing her conservative grandfather’s mind about affirmative action, Danielle Tcholakian commits to trying to get through to people whose politics are very different from her own.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

I Want to Persuade You to Care About Other People

by Danielle Tcholakian August 24, 2017October 19, 2022

After changing her conservative grandfather’s mind about affirmative action, Danielle Tcholakian commits to trying to get through to people whose politics are very different from her own.

Broken sign reading "Nothing"
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes

Empathy, Schmempathy.

by Pam Mandel March 23, 2017October 19, 2022

“Stronger Together,” the Clinton-campaign slogan, sounded more like an invitation to join a food co-op than a call to arms.

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