“If the choice is change or die, Madonna never says die.”
The New York Review of Books
Posted inEditor's Pick
My Secret Police Files
“What did they really know about my activism, the men who could decide whether I lived or died?”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Laugh Riot
“To understand Trump’s continuing hold over his fans, we have to ask: Why do they find him so funny?”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Feel-Ins, Know-Ins, Be-Ins
“A newly reissued recording proves that the late saxophonist Pharoah Sanders could get the grandest of effects from the humblest of riffs.”
Posted inReading List
Bomb the Multiplex: A ‘Barbenheimer’ Reading List
“With people turning a shared release date into a meme-fueled double feature, we rounded up our favorite reads about 2023’s oddest duo.”
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Wright Thompson, Fred Kaplan, Tori Marlan, Casey Gerald, and Sarah Everts.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Lyle C. May, Samuel Braslow, Lindsey Hilsum, Megan Mayhew Bergman, and Anand Menon.
Posted inCuration, Current Events, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing
What Happened to Milad? A Palestinian Father Searches for His Son.
One man’s quest to find his son lays bare the reality of Palestinian life under Israeli rule.