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Why We Resist: Seven Stories About Protest

by Emily Perper December 4, 2016October 19, 2022

There are stories here about the Native-led protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, folks standing up to Donald Trump and his white supremacist cronies, and prisoners striking against their miserable living conditions in a racist system.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

Why We Resist: Seven Stories About Protest

by Emily Perper December 4, 2016October 19, 2022

There are stories here about the Native-led protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, folks standing up to Donald Trump and his white supremacist cronies, and prisoners striking against their miserable living conditions in a racist system.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5

Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 24, 2014October 19, 2022

Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle and Readmill users, you can also get them as a Readlist. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. ***

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The Future of Reading, and What We Can Learn from Beyonce

by heymarkarms January 22, 2014October 19, 2022

FULL STOP: Today, we’re flooded with stories via the internet — on personal Tumblrs, Facebook and Twitter statuses, the abundance of magazines and newspapers that make their content free online. With so many narratives all around us, why do we still read (and pay for) novels? “Oh I’m fairly certain we… don’t any more. We […]

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