In Death, A Champion for Life Well Lived By Krista Stevens Highlight “She no longer feared death because she could hold it in her hands at any time.”
Zuckerberg’s Trash Is a Subculture’s Treasure By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight An entire subculture of Bay Area residents survives by reselling wealthy residents’ trash.
If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium By Michelle Weber Highlight Let’s grab a waffle and challenge the global hegemony of U.S. culture.
The Tyranny of Chairs By Michelle Weber Highlight Pro tip: your fat friend (read: me) doesn’t want to sit in the booth.
How Do You Shepherd If You’ve Never Had a Sheep? By Michelle Weber Highlight “You couldn’t have a particular friendship with a man, because you might end up being homosexual. And you couldn’t have a friendship with a woman, because you might end up falling in love.”
When Richard Nixon Declared War on the Media By Matt Giles Commentary Jim Acosta isn’t the first reporter to be barred from the White House—when Stuart Loory reported on the possibility that Richard Nixon was bilking taxpayers, he found himself on the president’s enemies list.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Natalie Kitroeff and Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Brendan I. Koerner, Eve Peyser, Darius Miles, and Bill Wyman.
Marriage Proposal Follies By Amy Deneson Feature After she proposes to her girlfriend, Amy Deneson rethinks what it means to wed.
At the Place Where Marketing and Art Meet, You Get This Profile of Bradley Cooper By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Bradley Cooper’s new film is ultimately about the way commerce can ruin art, which is why he won’t answer the personal questions Taffy Brodesser-Akner asked him.
‘Unfettered Glamour’: The Legendary Career of André Leon Talley By Danielle Jackson Highlight The highs and lows of André Leon Talley’s important, trailblazing career are traced in a new documentary about his life.
When Forensic “Science” Is Anything But By Michelle Weber Highlight Despite what “Law & Order: CSI” tells us, blood spatter patterns don’t necessarily hold all the keys to a crime scene.
It’s Never Too Late to Apologize By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Bari Weiss, Bret Stephens, and Katie Roiphe have to try to be better, right along with the rest of us.
Does A.G. Sulzberger Even Understand What a Public Editor Is? By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary In a softball interview, the new publisher of the NYT downplays the rigors of the role.
Money For Nothing in the Bitcoin Bubble By Michelle Legro Highlight The cryptocurrency gold rush has made millionaires out of those obsessed with changing the world order.
Jay-Z Opens Up About Race in America, Therapy, and ‘4:44’ By Danielle Jackson Commentary The hip-hop artist sits down for a wide-ranging interview with NYT executive editor Dean Baquet.
When Newspapers Cover the Private Lives of Nazis By Matt Giles Commentary Ordinary details can furnish a room, they can set a table, they can fill the time between hushed meetings of planned genocide.
Gossip and News, Strange Bedfellows By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Recent stories exposing powerful, abusive men suggest there’s value in taking rumors seriously.
Sade’s Eternal Cool By Danielle Jackson Highlight How the soul singer Sade Adu has maintained her pop cultural relevance for more than 30 years.
The Lonely Life of a Pro Basketball Player By Matt Giles Highlight While playing basketball for eight years in six countries, Jackson Vroman was outgoing and personable, which is why his death in 2015 is even harder to comprehend.
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.
Why Quotas Still Don’t Work for Journalism By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Quotas allow superiors to blame failure on subordinates and take credit for success.
Chelsea Manning Stays in the Picture By Michelle Legro Highlight The New York Times styles Manning for her first profile—but she’s already in charge of her own image.
For the New York Times, a Bittersweet Ending for its Public Editor Role By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary The publisher of the New York Times announced that the position of public editor is being eliminated. We look back at its history.
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.
The Doctor Dolittle of the Upper West Side By Krista Stevens Highlight Bowel-obstructed bunnies, lame ducks, and festering iguanas at Manhattan’s only exotic animal vet.
An Ode to Black Families: A Reading List By Danielle Jackson Reading List This narrative of the black family in America always been inadequate. It has never told the full story of what I know about black love.
Is That a Pillowcase Full of Human Hair, or Are You Just Happy to See Me? By Michelle Weber Highlight Annie Correal’s story on the last New York wigmakers has a little bit of everything: celebrity gossip, religious scandals, and of course, wigs.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Reading List Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
A Slice of Cake and a Tip Lead to a Portrait of Addiction in Ohio By Michelle Legro Commentary New York Times reporter Jack Healy was sitting in a diner when he received a tip about a father who had lost two of his three adult children to opioid overdoses.
