Russia is dying. In just the first week of Putin’s war, the country lost somewhere between 2,000 and 6,000 men, according to western sources, an immense and needless tragedy for the poor families left behind to grieve. Whether those in … Read more
Devin Kelly | Longreads | January, 2022 | 27 minutes (7,394 words) Read Devin Kelly’s previous Longreads essays: “Running Dysmorphic,” “What I Want to Know of Kindness,” “Out There: On Not Finishing,” “Repetitive Stress,” and “I Miss it All.” There … Read more
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Enlarge / Trees grow near a former hospital in a town abandoned due to the Chernobyl disaster. reader comments 131 with 65 posters participating Share this story Chernobyl is generally recognized as the worst nuclear accident on record, directly killing … Read more
In the wake of the 1902 Coal Strike, the editorial team at McClure’s Magazine made the decision to explore the legacy of the strike and peculiar lands of Pennsylvania’s Coal Region. In February 1903, McClure’s published two lengthy stories about the anthracite coal fields. … Read more