[New post] The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Longreads posted: "This week, we're sharing stories from David Rohde, Sarah Cox, Wyatt Williams, Joshua Hammer, and Kiana Fitzgerald, Paula Mejía, Matt Sonzala, Donnie Houston, Lance Scott Walker, Brandon Caldwell, Cat Cardenas, Jessi Pereira, and Sama'an Ashrawi. Sign u" New post on Longreads The Top 5 Longreads of the Week by Longreads This week, we're sharing stories from David Rohde, Sarah Cox, Wyatt Williams, Joshua Hammer, and Kiana Fitzgerald, Paula Mejía, Matt Sonzala, Donnie Houston, Lance Scott Walker, Brandon Caldwell, Cat Cardenas, Jessi Pereira, and Sama'an Ashrawi. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. 1. Trying—and Failing—to Save the Family of the Afghan Who Saved Me David Rohde | The New Yorker | August 17, 2021 | 2,539 words "We saw the city full of these strange armed men. With strange clothing and hair styles. We are back in the nineties, you can't believe these people are back." The last time the Taliban had seized power, in 1996, their reign had begun with relative calm, but they quickly started conducting house raids, making arrests, and inflicting other abuses." 2. Inside the Pacheedaht Nation's Stand on Fairy Creek Logging Blockades Sarah Cox | The Narwhal | August 16, 2021 | 7,574 "The Pacheedaht Nation has close to 300 members. About 120 live in the Pacheedaht community, less than a 15-minute drive from the blockades. And the inconvenient truth for the protesters, however well-intentioned in their inventive and prolonged efforts to save old-growth, however well-versed in the parlance of acknowledging the territories of Indigenous peoples, is that only a few Pacheedaht members have joined them." 3. Eating the Whale Wyatt Williams | Harper's Magazine | August 18, 2021 | 5,739 words "A personal history of meat." 4. The Sopranos of Berlin: A Brutal Crime Family and a Billion Dollar Jewel Heist Joshua Hammer | GQ | August 18, 2021 | 6,208 words "For such thieves, there is no more desirable prize than the crown jewels of the great monarchies of Europe. Putting aside whatever cultural significance these treasures may have later accrued—landing them in museums—the simple fact is that these pieces were made of materials that are still quite valuable today. The authorities feared that if they didn't catch a quick break, pieces of the Green Vault collection would be lost forever." 5. The 20 Essential Texas Rap Tracks Kiana Fitzgerald, Paula Mejía, Matt Sonzala, Donnie Houston, Lance Scott Walker, Brandon Caldwell, Cat Cardenas, Jessi Pereira, and Sama'an Ashrawi | Texas Monthly | August 18, 2021 | 7,267 words "Rap wasn't meant for Texas. But it was only a matter of time before Texans started rapping, made the genre their own, and regifted it to the world." Longreads | August 20, 2021 at 12:03 pm | Tags: Brandon Caldwell, Cat Cardenas, David Rohde, Donnie Houston, GQ, Harper's Magazine, Jessi Pereira, Joshua Hammer, Kiana Fitzgerald, Lance Scott Walker, Matt Sonzala, Paula Mejía, Sama'an Ashrawi, Sarah Cox, texas monthly, The Narwhal, The New Yorker, Wyatt Williams | Categories: Nonfiction, Top 5 | URL: https://wp.me/p4KhvY-D9P Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Longreads. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://longreads.com/2021/08/20/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-383/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com