Monocle: The Magazine As Boring, Lifestyle, Branding Infastructure By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight On Monocle’s tenth anniversary, one writer analyzes the magazine’s vision, business model, and what place this globalist outlet has in an age of increasing nationalism.
Father of Migrants By Alice Driver Feature “When it comes to the human body, everything can be trafficked. Migrants are a product in a system that breaks them down into lucrative parts, often until there is nothing left.”
These Law Enforcement Officers Wield Handguns and Vet Supplies By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Nevada’s “cow cops” work a unique beat where crimes range from cattle rustling, bovine homicide, and animal abuse.
Prog Rock: The Musical Genre That Won’t Die By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The “progressive” form of 1970s rock and roll still has as many devoted fans as it does diehard enemies. Why?
The New Age of Anxiety By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight W.H. Auden named it 70 years ago, and our latest age of anxiety is one of Xanax, fidget spinners, and constant swiping.
How One Porn Mogul Made His Fortune and Ruined Everything By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Michael Thevis built a lucrative pornography empire in the 1970s only to spend the rest of his life in prison.
A Portrait of the Artist as an Undocumented Immigrant By Longreads Feature A Mexican writer recalls undocumented life at a restaurant in New York and as a nanny in Connecticut.
Following John McPhee’s Path to ‘Oranges’ By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Fifty years after he published Oranges, one writer traces McPhee’s story to Florida to assess the state of American citrus.
David Sedaris Is Depressed By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight David Sedaris tallies a few of the many reasons he feels shame and sadness being an American in the time of Trump.
The ‘Smashing Things Together’ Approach to Editorial Illustration By Kjell Reigstad Commentary Art Director Kjell Reigstad’s insights on editorial illustration.
How Wells Fargo Bankers Gamed Customers to Make Sales Goals By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In 2016, Wells Fargo paid a $185 million fine for alleged fraud on its own customers without an admission of guilt. Has anything changed?
Haruki Murakami’s Advice to Young Writers By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In the essay “So What Shall I Write About?” from Monkey Business magazine, Haruki Murakami gives readers a glimpse into his creative process and how to become a novelist.
Inside the Canadian Credit Bubble, Where Too Many Canadians Live Beyond their Means By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Canada’s new middle class lives paycheck to paycheck, unwilling to give up certain lifestyle choices.
Coming of Age in the Army By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight After a series of dead ends, a young man finds direction and identity in the Army. Despite his parents’ pride, the lingering question becomes: at what personal cost?
El Padre de Los Migrantes By Alice Driver Feature “Cuando se trata del cuerpo humano todo puede ser objeto de tráfico. Los migrantes son un producto en un sistema que los separa en partes lucrativas, hasta que muchas veces no queda nada.”
Treating Our Border As a Battle Zone By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Twenty years after Marines fatally shot an innocent 18-year old man in West Texas, the War on Drugs and militarization of the US-Mexico border has left many local people feeling less safe.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Justin Heckert, Peter Vigneron, Michael Lista, and Anthony Breznican.
America’s Small Farmers Need More Slaughterhouses By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A dearth of facilities able to process small farmers’ animals keeps costs up and prices high.
The ‘Artwashing’ of East Los Angeles By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In Boyle Heights, activists are fighting art galleries that represent the first wave of gentrification.
Getting Out the Message To Save Himself By Aaron Gilbreath Feature In Don Waters’ short story “Full of Days,” a grieving Las Vegas man uses an anti-abortion billboard to justify his own pained existence.
At War With the Rat Army By Longreads Feature A refugee from Nazi Germany has trouble adjusting to life in America, so she decamps to the countryside, where she discovers that the war follows you in unexpected ways.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Renee Montagne, Nina Martin, Alex Tizon, Mary Mann, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, and Andy Newman.
Money, Beauty, Security: Online Dating in the Philippines By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight New technology and information access in the Philippines is shifting the online-dating power dynamic from Western men to Filipina women.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week we’re sharing stories by Caity Weaver, Matthew Desmond, Chris J. Rice, Kent Russell, and Rafe Bartholomew.
Poets Talk to Poets about the Border Wall By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In this roundtable, poets from around this world discuss the role borders play in their lives.
Yes, We Could, But Can We Now? Reflections on Obama’s Speeches By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Presidential speeches can motivate a people and set the national tenor. Oh, how we will miss them.
Death by Fire By Longreads Feature Forty years after his time with the U.S. Forest Service, a writer reflects on his years fighting fires out West, especially how fire shapes both forests and people.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week we’re sharing stories by Evan Osnos, Ashley C. Ford, Michael Grabell, Chris Heath, and Becca Andrews.
How President Trump Made Himself a Head Writer at SNL By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Chris Jones shadows Alec Baldwin as he turns our dark reality into what might be his most-lasting role: Donald Trump.
How the Congo Is Working to Protect Both Its Coastline and Its People By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A small group of park rangers help protect Congo’s wetlands from poachers and smugglers.
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