This week, we’re sharing stories from Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig, and David Barstow, Nicole R. Fleetwood, Jaeah J. Lee, Shelley Puhak, and Sarah Miller.
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Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
It’s a Small Paycheck After All
Disneyland’s painfully low wages make for an unmagical kingdom.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Elevator-Phobes of a Vertical City
New York City has more elevators than Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and Washington combined — and every day, dozens of people acutely afraid of riding them need to find their way up and down the skyline.
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Hollywood’s New Golden Age
A feature on Channel 22, the television station at Hollywood’s Motion Picture Country Home, which keeps retired and disabled residents who formerly worked in film and television occupied with making new shows and movies.
Posted inDesign, Highlight, History, Quotes, Science & Nature
I Want to Say One Word to You. Just One Word.
“Plastics.”
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Aaron Hamburger, William Finnegan, Cecilie Maria Kallestrup and Katrine Jo Anderson, Hannah Jane Parkinson, and Amy Westervelt.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Chris Outcalt, Corie Brown, Daniel Immerwahr, Toniann Fernandez, and Karen Abbott.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Poe, A Love Story
Karen Abbot remembers her beloved African gray parrot.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Rahima Nasa, Roxane Gay, Jessica Camille Aguirre, Lucy Grove-Jones, and Jen Doll.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
How the Lani Kai Island Resort Thrives Under a Never-Ending Spring Break
At the Lani Kai Island Resort, owner Bob Conidaris even provides “a cheap all-you-can-eat brunch, because the kids ‘do not eat! They mostly want to drink. I want them to get at least one good meal.'”