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A Scammer Who Tricks Instagram Into Banning Influencers Has Never Been Identified. We May Have Found Him.

by Krista Stevens March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

“They say Meta failed to help them and to take OBN and other account manipulators seriously.”

A puffin flying directly toward you.
Posted inTop 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 10, 2023March 9, 2023

Our Top 5 stories of the week from Maurice Chammah, Benoît Morenne, Amanda Gefter, Jane Miller, and Cheryl Katz and our first-ever audience award.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Landlord & the Tenant

by Seyward Darby March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

“A young mother rents a house near Milwaukee. The previous tenant tells her, ‘Baby, they shouldn’t have let you move in.'”

Diego Garcia Base as seen from the air
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads June 17, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Nicole Carr, Cullen Murphy, Carrington J. Tatum, Matthew Bremner, and Nitasha Tiku.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 16, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine Staff, Melissa del Bosque, Nitasha Tiku, Sarah Gilman, and Tift Merritt.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Case That Made an Ex-ICE Attorney Realize the Government Was Relying on False “Evidence” Against Migrants

by Sari Botton August 14, 2019October 19, 2022

The story of former Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer Laura Peña — who went to work defending the migrants she used to prosecute — and a family separation case she recently fought in which false “evidence” had been used to detain her client.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads May 10, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Caroline Chen, Keri Bertino, Ann Friedman, Allison Williams, and Brian Payton.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Hunted: What Happens When You Say No to MS-13

by Sari Botton January 3, 2019October 19, 2022

A terrifying investigation into the MS-13 gang and its effect on a Long Island town. Some teens were recruited; those who refused to join were brutally attacked with machetes, and then inexplicably targeted for deportation by ICE.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Imam’s Widow

by Sari Botton September 7, 2018October 19, 2022

As part of ProPublica’s “Documenting Hate” project, Rahima Nasa profiles the wife of a Queens imam who was murdered in 2016. Although there appeared to be no other possible motive, prosecutors failed to try the case as the hate crime it likely was.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Sold For Parts

by michelleweber May 3, 2017October 19, 2022

One of the most dangerous companies in the U.S. took advantage of immigrant workers. Then, when they got hurt or fought back, it used America’s laws against them.

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