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A story studio publishing in-depth journalism without compromise. Latest feature: THE AGE OF INCARCERATION https://age-of-incarceration.longlead.com/
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Long Lead @longlead.com · Nov 25
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 8h
Experts say they could be a vital way of sustainably serving Mexico City as its water crisis worsens due to overpopulation and global warming.

To learn more, check out THE LAST DROPS OF MEXICO CITY, published by Long Lead in collaboration with Magnum Photos: mexicocitywater.longlead.com
The Last Drops of Mexico City
One of the world’s most populated cities may run out of drinking water in the near future. Scenes from the parched megalopolis show how water scarcity could one day impact cities around the globe.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 8h
The Xochimilco floating gardens in Mexico City were created over 2,000 years ago by Indigenous peoples of the Mexico City basin. The agricultural islands, known as chinampas, still produce food, however only 20% of them are being actively cultivated.
Farmers work in their chinampa in Xochimilco, May 25, 2019.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 13h
Read THE PEOPLE VS. RUBBER BULLETS — Long Lead's Webby-award-winning feature — to learn more.
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A Decade After a Bean-Bag Round Crushed His Skull, This Vet's Life Is Still Shattered
Occupy Oakland's Scott Olsen sued after police shot him in the head. A decade later, nothing changed, and watching the BLM protests felt like a PTSD flashback.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 13h
Law enforcement calls "rubber bullets" life-saving alternatives to deadly force. But the munitions also carry a legacy of traumatic brain injuries, blindings, PTSD, and even deaths, as Linda Rodriguez McRobbie reports in THE PEOPLE VS. RUBBER BULLETS.

📷: Glen Stubbe / Star Tribune / Getty
Photo of Soren Stevenson with rubber bullet injury.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 13h
Journalists and protesters who have been shot with less-lethal munitions have been seriously hurt and even killed. When they injure, the effects can be devastating and permanent.

📷: Jared Soares for Long Lead
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 13h
On Thursday, a Chicago judge temporarily blocked federal agents from firing rubber bullets and other nonlethal munitions at protesters outside of an ICE processing facility. The move comes after federal agents “indiscriminately” fired on protesters.

📷: Raphael Gaillarde / Gamma-Rapho / Getty
An officer handles bean-bag rounds at the Port of Oakland protest on April 7, 2003, in Oakland, Calif. Fifty-eight people were injured when police used less-lethal munitions including wooden dowels, pellets, and tear gas canisters at the anti–Iraq War protest.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 2d
But the end of incarceration put thousands of lives in limbo and faced families with an impossible decision: restart their lives elsewhere or go back to the communities where they once had thriving businesses and start to rebuild, sometimes from scratch.

Read THE AGE OF INCARCERATION to learn more
Japanese American Incarceration Survivors Remember What the US Forgot
During WWII, President Roosevelt invoked the Alien Enemies Act and incarcerated 125,000 Japanese Americans. Eighty years later, some of the camps’ last survivors reflect on lives scarred by injustice.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 2d
During World War II, over 120,000 Japanese American citizens were unjustly incarcerated by the U.S. government.

In the 1944 decision of Ex parte Endo, the court ruled that the U.S. could not detain “concededly loyal citizens,” legally ending Japanese American incarceration.
Notice of evacuation posted following the signing of Executive Order 9066 with text visible: "INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY" Courtesy of Japanese American National Museum
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 2d
For this week's DEPTH PERCEPTION, @brinjonathanbutler.bsky.social spoke with Lewis about why the lives and work of so many uncelebrated and unrecognized government workers matter.

Read it now: depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/michael-le...
"I can join this battle." Defending federal workers, Michael Lewis explains why their work matters
The author of 'The Big Short' goes long — with the help of some friends — on the unsung heroes of the U.S. federal government
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 2d
New York Times best-selling author Michael Lewis and writers including @wkamaubell.bsky.social, Geraldine Brooks, Casey Cep, Dave Eggers, John Lanchester, and Sarah Vowell shed light on parts of the U.S. government you don’t know and their workers who are doing their part behind the scenes.
Cover of book "Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service"
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 2d
What began as an assignment to “find what story is not getting told because there are no journalists” in local media anymore has evolved into a collection of essays, “Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service.”
Headshot of writer Michael Lewis with DEPTH PERCEPTION branding and quote, “I don’t like this idea that if the news feels awful, I’m not going to read it…. I’m a writer and I can join this battle.” — Michael Lewis, author of "Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service"
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 3d
Read her story at Long Lead's feature THE DEPTHS SHE'LL REACH: thedepths.longlead.com
She Dove to Escape Grief—And Became One of the World’s Greatest Athletes
Embracing her pain, Alenka Artnik pushes the limits of the human body, on just one breath.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 3d
Compared to other athletes, Alenka Artnik didn't seem to be physically extraordinary, her trainer thought. But the mental strength she forged overcoming hardship gave her an obvious edge.

Now she's one of the world's greatest female freedivers.
Underwater photo of Alenka Artnik freediving
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 3d
In the season finale of LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET, Garrett Graff reports how the rising tech oligarchy and the manosphere led disillusioned men to dismantle democracy as we knew it.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
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Podcast Episode · Long Shadow · S4 E7 · 1h 4m
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 3d
When Donald Trump began to tap into the manosphere during his 2016 presidential campaign, it became a megaphone, and helped deliver a crucial demographic of young men to Trump. In LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET, Donna Zuckerberg (@dzuck.bsky.social) shares with @vermontgmg.bsky.social why.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 3d
On this World Mental Health day, find out how freediver Alenka Artnik emerged from mental health struggles to push the limits of the human body, becoming the world’s greatest female freediver.

Read THE DEPTHS SHE'LL REACH, a Webby Award-winning feature by Long Lead:
She Dove to Escape Grief—And Became One of the World’s Greatest Athletes
Embracing her pain, Alenka Artnik pushes the limits of the human body, on just one breath.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 4d
Read Long Lead's newest feature THE AGE OF INCARCERATION to learn more about survivors' experiences living in WWII internment camps: age-of-incarceration.longlead.com
Japanese American Incarceration Survivors Remember What the US Forgot
During WWII, President Roosevelt invoked the Alien Enemies Act and incarcerated 125,000 Japanese Americans. Eighty years later, some of the camps’ last survivors reflect on lives scarred by injustice.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 4d
Though survivors of the incarceration camps were eventually given $20,000 in reparations, this payment could never compensate for the families monetary loss as well as the untold pain they suffered as they were removed from their lives and jailed.
An exhibit of an incarceration site at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 4d
The National WWII Museum in New Orleans estimates that Japanese Americans overall lost $400 million in property from their unjust incarceration during World War II following President FDR's signage of Executive Order 9066.
A model exhibit of an incarceration site at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 4d
The last day to vote is today and we need your help.

Vote for LONG SHADOW to win Best Technology Podcast now: bit.ly/LS4Technology
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 4d
Through three seasons of LONG SHADOW, the podcast has won five Signal Awards. With the release of season four — BREAKING THE INTERNET — the show is nominated for three more Signal Awards — Best Technology Podcast, Best History Podcast, and Best Documentary Podcast.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 4d
LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET retraces the story of mankind’s greatest invention, a tool that gave everyone access to all the world’s information and unlocked democracy across the globe.

The podcast is a finalist for three Signal Awards: bit.ly/m/longshadow...
Graphic with text: -2025 Signal Awards - FINALIST LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET Best History Podcast Best Technology Podcast Best Documentary Podcast History
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 5d
Tomorrow is the last day to vote for LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET to win in all three categories. Help us win: bit.ly/m/longshadow...
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 5d
LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET is nominated for three Signal Awards and we need YOUR help to win.

LONG SHADOW has won five Signal Awards for the first three seasons. The fourth season is nominated in the Best History, Best Documentary, and Best Technology podcast categories.
Top Podcast Long Shadow Is a Finalist at the Signal Awards Again
Vote here to help Long Shadow secure Signal Awards for Best History, Best Documentary, and Best Technology podcast.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 5d
For DEPTH PERCEPTION, @brinjonathanbutler.bsky.social spoke with Lewis about why the lives and work of so many uncelebrated and unrecognized government workers matter.

Read it now:
depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/michael-le...
"I can join this battle." Defending federal workers, Michael Lewis explains why their work matters
The author of 'The Big Short' goes long — with the help of some friends — on the unsung heroes of the U.S. federal government
depthperceptionbyll.substack.com
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