Longreads

The Canadian Who Faced Down Ali

George Chuvalo lost both of his fights with Muhammad Ali, but went the distance in each match—just a few of the times, in boxing as in life, he was pushed to the brink.

Right of Way

Three proposed pipelines. Two sides in opposition. And one woman in a cabin in the woods who isn't leaving until the energy companies go home.

A Grief Like This

To be newly pregnant is to feel uniquely unsafe. Here is one way to fall in love with an idea.

Small But Supa Tough

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTABLE: Welcome to Wakaliwood, where rebellious, popular action films upheave classist Ugandan logic.

Low Stakes Forever

Gordon Korman wrote his first bestseller in seventh grade. Eighty-eight books (and counting) later, a movie adaptation revisits the early work of a man whose audience changes every graduation season.

A Journey to the Medical Netherworld

If your child gets sick, hope for something mechanical. Failing that, wish for something commonplace. This is a mother's quest to find her daughter a diagnosis.

Surviving the Love Bomb

Having phone sex in a bush behind a library on the fourth of July stopped me from converting to Mormonism.

Winona, Forever

Ryder has always been trapped in her own anticipatory nostalgia, and the public has always wanted to keep her there.

Unearthing the Sea Witch

Ursula was a singular Disney villain, and behind the animated tentacles was a real-life, big-haired, poo-eating Baltimore drag queen named Divine.

Bleeding Out the Jinn

Marginalized, ignored, oppressed—many here are broken. The rest are trying desperately not to break.