Longreads

Our Tarts, Ourselves

Butter tarts are strangely modest in their excess, a two-dollar decadence. But like that Canadian myth of innocent blandness, a butter tart’s surface hides something much more complex.

The Journeywoman

No one ever said being a professional boxer would be easy, but for the sport's women, it seems almost impossible—and rarely worth it.

'Why Can't You Behave?': Revisiting the Case of Alice Crimmins

Fifty years ago, Alice Crimmins's children died, and she was the prime suspect. The trials that followed ensured we'd never know who murdered them—only that a woman's life could be used against her.

Swole Without a Goal

When I started gaining weight, I didn't just want to get big: I wanted to occupy as much as space as possible.

Alanis in Chains

The pressured pop career that led to Jagged Little Pill.

The Same War

The acquittal of the man who stood trial for the murder of Cindy Gladue inspired a swell of voices calling for change.

How to Fix a Soccer Game

In this excerpt from The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime, Declan Hill investigates the intricacies of match-fixing in soccer: how fixes are arranged, how they're signalled, and how everyone gets paid.

'Our Brownness Does Not Belong Here'

How Brown should a Brown person be?

The Human Repair Shop

It's not easy to put a person back together, even at the U.S. military's premier burn unit.

Blank Space

Our minds have a funny way of re-writing history. What do we do with all we’ve forgotten?