Featuring stories from Elizabeth Kolbert, Joshua Hammer, Tan Tuck Ming, Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian.
Joshua Hammer
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Miraculous Resurrection of Notre-Dame
“How an army of artisans turned back centuries to restore Notre-Dame by hand, and wound up reviving something even greater than the cathedral itself.”
Posted inReading List
Sliding into the Future: A Reading List on Snowsports
Pointless elitism, or an urgent dress rehearsal for the climate crisis?
Posted inNonfiction
The Ticking Clock of an Avalanche Rescue
“He watched as gravity took hold of the dislodged snow, sending it down the hill. The enormous white wall was sliding in his direction.”
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from David Rohde, Sarah Cox, Wyatt Williams, Joshua Hammer, and Kiana Fitzgerald, Paula Mejía, Matt Sonzala, Donnie Houston, Lance Scott Walker, Brandon Caldwell, Cat Cardenas, Jessi Pereira, and Sama’an Ashrawi.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Epic Hunt for One of the World’s Most Wanted Men
“He was one of Africa’s richest moguls and helped unleash the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Then Félicien Kabuga vanished and stayed hidden for more than two decades—until recently, when the United Nations’ war crimes detectives picked up his trail and began to close in.”
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
The Traffic Jam on Mount Everest that Cost 11 Lives
“The crowd seemed incredible—like a bag of Skittles had been scattered down the slope.”
Posted inCrime, Highlight, Quotes, Science Fiction
This Heist’s for the Birds
“I always say, If there is a $50,000 bill flying around, someone is going to try to catch it.”