The House Where Revolution Went to Die By Michelle Weber Highlight The House on the Embankment housed hundreds of Soviet leaders. Eventually, it was the former house of hundreds of purge victims.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from David Dobbs, Rachel Aviv, Max Read, Holly George-Warren, and Bianca Bosker.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Caitlin Dickerson, Aaron Edwards, Alice Su, Jia Tolentino, and James Somers.
Gloria Allred’s Personal Crusade By Sari Botton Highlight First-hand knowledge of the trauma of sexual assault has informed Allred’s fight against it.
Assessing the Media’s Role in ‘What Happened’ By Sari Botton Highlight In profiling Hillary Clinton, David Remnick considers the many factors that contributed to her surprising loss in the 2016 election — including the press.
Civilization Was Supposed to Make Our Lives Better, Right? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Cultivating crops led to permanent settlements, but also greed and exploitation. Was it all worth it?
On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Cartoonist Hustling for Money By Michelle Legro Commentary Bob Mankoff created a successful business model for cartoonists to get paid. Then Condé Nast ruined it.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Libby Copeland, Patrick Blanchfield, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Cory Taylor, and Tabitha Blankenbiller.
The Other National Pastime: Unusual Baby Names By Ben Huberman Highlight “Brayden” and “Nevaeh” have got nothing on their 17th-century predecessors, “Waitstill” and “Supply.”
Cory Taylor Answers Your Questions About Dying By Krista Stevens Highlight To help demystify dying, Cory Taylor answers questions about what it’s like to have a terminal illness.
‘You Wouldn’t Think the Ashes of a Man Would Be So Heavy’: Remembering Sam Shepard By Sari Botton Highlight Remembering the late actor and playwright Sam Shepard.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Catherine Cusick Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Lawrence Wright, April Wolfe, Mayukh Sen, Dan Jackson, and Ben Kuchera.
What’s The Matter With Texas? How Long Do You Have? By Michelle Legro Commentary Look to Texas for the future of electoral politics, writes Lawrence Wright. Unfortunately, the future is already here.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Katherina Grace Thomas, James Lasdun, Kyle Chayka, Tay Wiles, and Buzz Bissinger.
Kingston’s Little Shop of Horrors By Sari Botton Highlight James Lasdun chronicles a murder trial in which his own dentist is the defendant.
Prog Rock: The Musical Genre That Won’t Die By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The “progressive” form of 1970s rock and roll still has as many devoted fans as it does diehard enemies. Why?
Desperately Seeking Daniel Day-Lewis By Erin Blakemore Commentary Is this the end of an era for the brilliant, if reluctant, male movie star?
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Caity Weaver, Marisa Meltzer, Jiayang Fan, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and Jeff Maysh.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Matthew Shaer, John Woodrow Cox, Bethany McLean, Robin Wright, and David Sedaris.
The Mosul University Library: Reborn From the Ashes By Krista Stevens Highlight The Mosul University Library, once home to centuries-old books and documents, is rebuilding after ISIS destroyed it.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Rebecca Solnit, Robert F. Worth, Margaret Talbot, Porochista Khakpour, and Frank Bures.
West Virginia: Still High on Hope By Krista Stevens Highlight The state with the highest overdose rate in the United States is the front line of the opioid crisis.
Putting Together the Pieces of Her Grandmother’s Mysterious Death By Michelle Legro Commentary For her essay in the New Yorker, Kate Daloz relied on a precious set of letters to tell the story of her grandmother’s abortion.
A Reading List for Mother’s Day By Em Perper Reading List There is no grand unified theory of motherhood. Within every paradigm, mothering may vary a million times over.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week we’re sharing stories by Evan Osnos, Ashley C. Ford, Michael Grabell, Chris Heath, and Becca Andrews.
#Vanlife: Selling Their Staged World, One Social Media Post at A Time By Krista Stevens Highlight Is the social media movement a form of free-spirited nomadism, or a clever selling of the soul to brands?
Adventures in Solitude: A Reading List By Em Perper Reading List Being alone, free of distraction, can be both a writer’s dream and a nightmare.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re featuring stories from Richard Beck, Rebecca Mead, Sarah Barker, Dylan Matthews, and Sarah Scoles.
Curiosity, Unfettered: Margaret Atwood as the Prophet of Dystopia By Krista Stevens Highlight Rebecca Mead’s profile in The New Yorker covers the resonance of The Handmaid’s Tale in Donald Trump’s America.
Who’s Been Seeding the Alt-Right? Follow the Money to Robert Mercer By Michelle Weber Highlight Jane Mayer profiles hedge fund manager, alt-right supporter, political funder, and Ayn Rand-wannabe Robert Mercer in the New Yorker.
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