When @longlead.com produced LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET this year, we struggled with where to end the season. I love the final note @vermontgmg.bsky.social ended it on, but the fight over reality rages on, especially in Portland.

www.longshadowpodcast.com

Mexico City's drinking water crisis is a complex, longstanding problem rooted in a number of exacerbating factors, from climate change and over-development to pollution and chaotic population growth.

The survivor testimonials Morgan collected in THE AGE OF INCARCERATION achieved a near-impossible feat in this moment of American darkness: They've given a voice to the unreachable, the current detainees.

THE AGE OF INCARCERATION is one of the most impactful pieces we've produced at @longlead.com. A heartbreaking collection of interviews and portraits, it documents what life was life for Japanese Americans during and after their unjust incarceration.

Please vote for it here: bit.ly/Vote4AgeOfIn...

It's World Mental Health Day... really. Need a break from (waves hands) all this?

Read this exquisite @longlead.com feature on world champion free diver Alena Artnik, and how defying death has helped her escape depression and grief.

I mean, it beats (waves hands) all this.