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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads October 9, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from John Woodrow Cox, Nathaniel Penn, Len Necefer, Aymann Ismail, and Michael Venutolo-Mantovani.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 28, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Ta-Nehisi Coates, Katie Engelhart, Katy Vine, Zach Baron, and Colin Dickey.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 24, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Michael Barajas, Evan Ratliff, Andrew Mckirdy, Raffi Khatchadourian, and Agnes Callard.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads August 9, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Rachel Sugar, Kate Knibbs, Mark Arax, and Anna Wiener.

Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature

Here’s What Put Thousands of Californians in the Path of a Blaze

by Aaron Gilbreath August 6, 2019October 19, 2022

Forest mismanagement, political corruption, and PG&E’s corporate culture created a highly combustible situation.

Posted inCrime, Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

How One Artist Publicly Dealt With the Aftermath of Her Rape

by Aaron Gilbreath June 3, 2019October 19, 2022

For one woman, holding her employer accountable meant painting the story of her rape on a billboard above a busy LA freeway.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 22, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Angella d’Avignon, Katie Englehart, Caitlin Dewey, Eric Benson, Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom. 

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Women Who Help Immigrant Women Escape Domestic Abuse

by Aaron Gilbreath October 16, 2018October 19, 2022

A network of women like Mily Treviño-Sauceda and Valentina are helping Latina farm-worker women escape domestic violence and abuses at work, learn their rights, and connect with social services.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Has India’s Booming IT Industry Finally Plateaued?

by Aaron Gilbreath June 6, 2018October 19, 2022

India’s once lucrative IT sector now fears it’s glory years are ending as one of its biggest companie starts downsizing.

The Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads May 25, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Pamela Colloff, Amanda Fortini, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Ira Glass, and Linda Holmes.

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