Our Picks
Head in the Cloud
What does "remembering" mean in an age where human memory is outsourced to gadgets and social networks?
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Source: New Statesman
Published: Feb. 23, 2016
Length: 11 minutes (2995 words)
Unfriendly Climate
In Texas, one respected Christian atmospheric scientist uses the Bible to make the case why other Christians—frequently political conservatives—need to treat global warming as a global moral issue. Not everyone is listening.
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Source: Texas Monthly
Published: May 1, 2016
Length: 24 minutes (6100 words)
Body on the Moor
In December 2015, a man was found dead in Saddleworth Moor in Northern England. Six months later, detectives have yet to identify him. Who is he — and why did he travel 200 miles to die there?
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Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Published: June 7, 2016
Length: 13 minutes (3474 words)
Blindsided: A Dream Engagement Turned Nightmare
Don Huckstep thought he’d found love. But when his fiancee Teri Deneka vanished after a mysterious text, her disappearance led him, police, and another family down a strange path of discoveries.
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Source: Indianapolis Monthly
Published: May 31, 2016
Length: 22 minutes (5563 words)
What Ever Happened to ‘The Most Liberated Woman in America’?
Barbara Williamson co-founded one of the most famous radical sex experiments in America. Then she got wild.
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Source: Atlas Obscura
Published: June 7, 2016
Length: 27 minutes (6812 words)
How Kids Learn Resilience
Unable to the close the achievement gap between low-income and more well-off students, academic researchers are studying the influence that certain noncognitive abilities, or character traits, including self-control, resilience, grit and optimism, have on academic success.
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Source: The Atlantic
Published: June 7, 2016
Length: 30 minutes (7567 words)
The History of Pho
For a country with over 3,500 years of history, Vietnam's famous noodle soup is fairly new, but in its short life, phō has gone beyond nourishment and woven itself into art, political protest, the national identity and grounding for the Vietnamese Diaspora. Andrea Nguyen examines its influence and origins.
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Source: Lucky Peach
Published: June 1, 2016
Length: 11 minutes (2862 words)
Here Is The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read Aloud To Her Attacker
A former Stanford swimmer who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman was sentenced to six months in jail because a longer sentence would have “a severe impact on him,” according to a judge. At his sentencing, his victim read him a letter describing the “severe impact” the assault had on her.
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Source: BuzzFeed
Published: June 3, 2016
Length: 29 minutes (7470 words)
Celebrate Pride: Stories About LGBTQ Parenthood
This reading list is dedicated to childbirth and/or queer parenthood, focused primarily on the experienced of mothers and non-binary parents.
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Source: Longreads
Published: June 5, 2016
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our favorite stories of the week, featuring, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, California Sunday, The Guardian, and The Atlantic.
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Source: Longreads
Published: June 3, 2016