The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Emily Bazelon, Alex Ronan, Justine Harman, Emily Harnett, and Sam Leith.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Anna Merlan, Sara Tatyana Bernstein, Connie Pertuz-Meza, and Emma Beddington.
Preserving Human Life Requires Preserving Insect Life By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight While science labors to comprehend the variety and volume of insects on earth, both are declining with disturbing speed, and the ecological consequences are troubling.
Arizona’s Aquifers Are a Laboratory of Our Dry Future By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight After large corporate farmers started growing nuts in one southeastern Arizona, local residents’ wells started going dry. The situation is only getting worse.
The Amateur Investigators of the American West By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight When 66-year-old Bill Ewasko got lost near Joshua Tree National Park, the case spawned a network of amateur investigators obsessed with finding him.
Misogyny, Translated By Ben Huberman Highlight The first woman translator of Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ subtly unpacks the politics of the poem — and of the male translators that preceded her.
‘Everyone is Guilty All the Time’ By Michelle Weber Highlight Is prosecuting crimes about justice, or conviction rates? In Shelby County, Tennessee, the answer isn’t so clear.
