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Rachel Monroe

Posted inEditor's Pick

Can 3-D Printing Help Solve the Housing Crisis?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

“Standard construction can be slow, costly, and inefficient. Machines might do it better.”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads October 19, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Ethan Watters, Rachel Monroe, Barry Yeoman, Tom Scocca, and Sarah Gailey.

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature

It was Mr. Henthorn on the Cliff with a Swift Shove

by Krista Stevens October 17, 2018October 19, 2022

Oh, your first wife died in a freak accident too?

Posted inNonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Sometimes the Story Finds You: An Interview With Rachel Monroe

by Aaron Gilbreath April 23, 2018October 19, 2022

The 20th anniversary of the Amber Alert sent the writer on a two-year journey to cover a murder in the Navajo Nation.

Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Quotes, Uncategorized

When the Amber Alert System Fails: An Abduction on Navajo Land

by Aaron Gilbreath April 20, 2018October 19, 2022

It took the murder of a young Navajo girl to get the tribal police to refine their Amber Alert system. But will these changes work?

Shiprock Peak in New Mexico
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 20, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Rachel Monroe, Jianan Qian, Rene Ebersole, Adi Robertson, and Kyle Chayka.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 9, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Lili Loofbourow, Rachel Monroe, Benjamin Weiser, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, and Megan Greenwell.

Old military binoculars with reflection on black background.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 10, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Ronan Farrow, Diana Nyad, Rachel Monroe, Ross Andersen, and Teresa Mathew.

Posted inQuotes

Wherever You Go, There You Are. Charles Manson is There, Too.

by michelleweber November 8, 2017October 19, 2022

Do we carry pieces of our younger selves with us, even as we grow and change?

Posted inEditor's Pick

Outside the Manson Pinkberry

by michelleweber November 8, 2017October 19, 2022

Manson bloggers, the world of murder fandom, and the philosophy of being — can you ever escape who you are, or were?

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