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“They Took Us Away From Each Other”: Lost Inside America’s Shadow Foster System

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 3, 2021October 19, 2022

“It would take years before Molly and Heaven would learn that neither of them was ever in the foster system. Instead, caseworkers had diverted them to what some scholars call ‘hidden foster care’ or ‘shadow foster care,’ in which the legal protections of the formal system disappear.”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads December 18, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Lizzie Presser, Greg Jaffe, Phillip Picardi, Amy Yee, and Paul Brown.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads October 18, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Brett Forrest, Lizzie Presser, Ahmet Altan, Lisa Miller, and James K. Williamson.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads July 19, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Lizzie Presser, Barbara Bradley Hagerty, S. Margot Finn, Darcy Frey, and Logan Hill.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Women Who Help Immigrant Women Escape Domestic Abuse

by Aaron Gilbreath October 16, 2018October 19, 2022

A network of women like Mily Treviño-Sauceda and Valentina are helping Latina farm-worker women escape domestic violence and abuses at work, learn their rights, and connect with social services.

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Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 30, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Lizzie Presser, Kathleen McGrory, Bryan Curtis, Anna Merlan, and Amalia Illgner.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Whatever’s Your Darkest Secret, You Can Ask Me

by Sari Botton March 29, 2018October 19, 2022

A feature on a growing secret network women who — bucking the law and the medical establishment — are getting trained to offer abortions, safely and inexpensively, in the privacy of women’s homes.

Posted inTop 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads June 9, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Lizzie Presser, Linda Villarosa, Maurice Chammah, Mike Giglio, and Will Storr.

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