Great writing begets great writing — and the commentary around the HBO smash hit is some of the best around.
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The Delphi Murders Were a Local Tragedy. Then They Became “True Crime.”
“The investigation into the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams sums up the messy state of true crime.”
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Failure to Launch
“True community-building, as tech founders should have realized by now, requires more than renting a mansion in Beverly Hills.” In this Vox investigation, Rebecca Jennings does what she does best: reporting on the influencer and creator economy while writing compellingly about some new corner of internet and tech culture. In this piece, she gets behind […]
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The Best Four Years of Your Life?
“My future — the vague, all-consuming ideal we’re taught to live for — felt like a more dominant force in my life than my present.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jason Fagone, Stephanie Mencimer, Roberta Hill, Kaleb Horton, and Kelundra Smith.
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How Twitter Can Ruin a Life
Isabel Fall’s story has been held up as an example of “cancel culture run amok.”
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The Mirage of the Black Middle Class
“Black Americans have been shut out of stability at every turn.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Paul Kiel & Justin Elliot, Andy Greenberg, Mary Heglar, Katherine Miller, and Kyle Chayka.
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We’re All Tourists Now, So Let’s Stop with the Endless, Tedious Quests for Authenticity
In Iceland, overtourism has transformed the island in a few short years — and locals and visitors alike try to grapple with the change.
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My Own Private Iceland
When an island nation of 300,000 residents receives more than two million tourists a year, radical change is inevitable — but is it all negative?