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Images of four classical women with a gold background.
Posted inReading List

Monsters, Mothers, Mulieres: A Reading List on The Women of Classical Antiquity

by Rachel Ashcroft September 13, 2022October 20, 2022

Five stories of ambitious empresses, fearsome gladiators, and ordinary working-class residents — glimmering snapshots of the female experience in the classical world.

A woman hiking on a winter day starts a fire outside a shelter on the Appalachian Trail in Carter County, Tennessee
Posted inReading List

Gone For a Hike: A Reading List on Wilderness and Survival

by Kelsey Zimmerman February 16, 2022October 19, 2022

Five captivating reads on adventures you never want to have.

King Tut's Golden Mask
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads February 11, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Tara Roberts, Casey Cep, Benjamin Cassidy, David Alm, and Lacy Warner.

Posted inEditor's Pick

How Trafficked Cheetah Cubs Move From the Wild and Into Your Instagram Feed

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 25, 2021October 19, 2022

Criminal networks in Somaliland smuggle cheetah cubs out of Africa to wealthy buyers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and other Gulf countries.

Freddie Gray mural, Baltimore, Maryland
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 15, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Alec MacGillis, Chloe Cooper Jones, Adam Serwer, Emma Marris, and Mik Awake.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads December 21, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Casey Parks, Cathy Newman, Zach Baron, Molly Priddy, and Christopher Solomon.

Rohingya Muslim refugees flee Myanmar.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 17, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Steve Stecklow, Lynn Johnson, Steven Hyden, Morgan Jerkins, and Chris McGreal.

Posted inEditor's Pick

How a Transplanted Face Transformed a Young Woman’s Life

by Sari Botton August 16, 2018October 19, 2022

This feature about an advancement in medicine that allows for face transplantation tells the story of a young woman getting a second chance after blowing her face off with a gun in a suicide attempt at 18. It also examines just what our faces mean to us and do for us as humans.

Posted inQuotes, Science & Nature

Death By Tchotchke

by michelleweber May 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Plastic is everywhere: bottles, toys, cars, and, increasingly, in oceans and rivers so clogged with plastic that you can walk on them.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature

Want Your Husband to Stay True? Kill a Hummingbird and Roll it in Oil and Honey

by Krista Stevens April 24, 2018October 19, 2022

People are capturing and killing hummingbirds for cockamamie love potions, and Mexico doesn’t seem to care.

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