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Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 21, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Maurice Chammah, Jeff Weiss, Rasha Elass, Danielle Tcholakian, and Lila Shapiro.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads February 21, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Lyz Lenz, Molly Young, Hannah Dreier, Maddie Stone, and Richard Cooke.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads September 27, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Prachi Gupta, Tess McClure, Anna Wiener, Ismail Muhammad, and Alex McLevy.

Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Podcasts

Editor’s Roundtable: Time Well Spent (Podcast)

by Eva Voinigescu August 30, 2019October 19, 2022

Longreads editors discuss stories in Jezebel, Governing, and The New Yorker.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 30, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Keegan Hamilton, Mike Maciag, Brian Goldstone, Nick Heil, and Megan Reynolds.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Last Popeyes Chicken Sandwich in America

by Sari Botton August 28, 2019October 19, 2022

Megan Reynolds tries the much ballyhooed (and at least temporarily unavailable) Popeye’s chicken sandwich and considers the minimum-wage workers exploited in responding to the frenzy for it, along with other problematic aspects of its popularity among bougie foodies.

Posted inCulture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Appropriation in the Land of Enchantment

by Aaron Gilbreath August 21, 2018October 19, 2022

In New Mexico, cultural appropriation by newcomers is fueling Indigenous activism over colonialism and property rights.

Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Quotes

“The Beasts of the Crossing Have Been Pushed Into the Light”

by michelleweber June 22, 2018October 19, 2022

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s Jezebel essay “A Theory of Animals” is a gut punch. Read it.

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Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads June 22, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Donna Minkowitz, Stephen Rodrick, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Nadia Berenstein, and Shanna Baker.

Posted inBlog Post, Current Events

The ‘Treasonous’ Teens Living in One Nation Under Guns

by Danielle Tcholakian May 30, 2018October 19, 2022

Three stories on youth activism in conservative towns shed an interesting light on the national gun debate.

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