“Well, you might as well come and live with me now,” her employer said. “You gonna be mine eventually.”
Mother Jones
Posted inEditor's Pick
“We Just Feel Like We Don’t Belong Here Anymore”
Think it’s hard for the white working class in rural America? Try being a person of color.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Kids Are Not Alright: How Opioids are Destroying American Families
As mom and dad nod out and overdose, the under-funded American foster care system is struggling to mind the children.
Posted inArts & Culture, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Protect that Underwear Zone: Abstinence Only Sex Education
“When my state passed one of the most rigid abstinence-only sex education laws in the nation, I went back to school.”
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we’re sharing stories by Evan Osnos, Ashley C. Ford, Michael Grabell, Chris Heath, and Becca Andrews.
Posted inCrime, Unapologetic Women
“That sort of thing doesn’t happen in America.”
Tasneem Raja recalls her own female genital mutilation, which took “place in the bedroom of a family acquaintance in New Jersey in the late ’80s.”
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The best stories of the week, as chosen by the editors of Longreads.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Planning for the Death of Parking in American Cities
In the latest issue of Mother Jones, Clive Thompson investigated how the rise of autonomous cars, and Americans’ desire to live in more walkable cities, will mean no longer having to set aside vast amounts of land for parking lots. Many articles have offered a utopian vision of our autonomous driving future, but what I particularly like […]
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * *
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * *