Our Picks
Buck to the Future: Why the High-Tech Ideas of Buckminster Fuller Are Back In Vogue
He’s a forgotten hippie idol, a sage of 1960s counterculture. What can we learn from Bucky Fuller’s faith in technology?
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Source: Aeon
Published: Oct. 25, 2016
Length: 12 minutes (3049 words)
Meet the Dapper White Nationalist Who Wins Even If Trump Loses
Alt-right founder Richard Spencer aims to make racism cool again.
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Source: Mother Jones
Published: Oct. 27, 2016
Length: 20 minutes (5219 words)
Madam President: Raising the Spirit of American Radicalism
Victoria Woodhull, a former prostitute, free-love advocate, and clairvoyant (and proponent of abolition, marriage reform, and education rights) ran for President of the US -- in 1872.
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Source: The Baffler
Published: Aug. 15, 2016
Length: 12 minutes (3108 words)
Donald Trump's Companies Destroyed Emails in Defiance of Court Orders
While Donald Trump insists that Hillary Clinton should be imprisoned for destroying emails, he has routinely used stall tactics in order to erase records that courts have demanded he hand over.
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Source: Newsweek
Published: Oct. 31, 2016
Length: 12 minutes (3176 words)
What Beyoncé Taught Me
Novelist Zadie Smith reflects on the connection between writing and dancing, drawing on iconic performers like Fred Astaire, Michael Jackson, and Beyoncé.
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Source: Guardian
Published: Oct. 29, 2016
Length: 14 minutes (3610 words)
Dribbling in the Dark
A year in the life of one teenager in Turkey reveals the tense relations between Turkish and Kurdish people, the challenges of creating diversity in schools, and the hard choices people make in times of war.
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Source: The Morning News
Published: Oct. 13, 2016
Length: 22 minutes (5508 words)
What Happens When the Police Misidentify You as the Dallas Shooter
When one person of color exercised his right to bear arms at the Dallas Black Lives Matter protest to make a point about racial injustice, the police named him as the suspect after a shooting broke out. In racially charged America, the right to bear arms does not apply equally.
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Source: GQ
Published: Oct. 28, 2016
Length: 8 minutes (2147 words)
Creepypasta, Shirley Jackson, and Horror Podcasts: A Halloween Reading Guide
The spookiness doesn’t have to end with the weekend—indulge in classic creepypasta, scary podcasts, and Ms. (Shirley) Jackson on your lunch break.
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Source: Longreads
Published: Oct. 30, 2016
Final Days
"When I asked one senior Trump adviser to describe the scene inside, he responded: 'Think of the bunker right before Hitler killed himself. Donald’s in denial. They’re all in denial.'"
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Source: New York Magazine
Published: Oct. 29, 2016
Length: 16 minutes (4007 words)
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
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Source: Longreads
Published: Oct. 28, 2016