The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Ronan Farrow, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, Vivian Ho, Christopher Goffard, Kaitlyn Greenidge, and Alex Pappademas.
The Secret Women’s Organization Providing for Black Communities By Sari Botton Highlight Founded 150 years ago by two former slaves, the United Order of Tents has come through for black communities when white-run organizations have failed to.
Dorothy Allison on How America Devalues Those Who are ‘Other’ By Krista Stevens Highlight Dorothy Allison on how American culture “inherently devalues the poor, the working class, the darks, the queer, the other.”