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All longform pieces featured on The Slow Scroll

The rise of plant poaching: how a craze for succulents is driving a new illegal trade
Financial Times25 Jan 2025 • ~5100 words

Plant poaching for rare succulents, especially conos, has become a booming illegal trade in South Africa, driven by high demand from collectors. Monica Mark’s narrative unfolds through a local shopkeeper, highlighting the human stories intertwined with environmental destruction a...

An L.L. Bean Heiress Suspected Neighbors of Poisoning Her Trees. What Happened Next Roiled Camden, Maine
Vanity Fair27 Jan 2025 • ~6000 words

When Lisa Gorman noticed that a grove of her majestic oaks had died, she cast her suspicions on seasonal neighbors who wanted a better view of the harbor. The fight that ensued became a town drama that rages on to this day.

Nazi Persecution Scattered My Family. A Lost Archive Brought Us Together
The Walrus26 Jan 2025 • ~6500 words

How 10,000 pages of documents sent me on a journey through Germany’s dark past.

Inside the Fight Against a Los Angeles Inferno
The New Yorker26 Jan 2025 • ~4400 words

A reporter embeds with wildland firefighters during one of the deadliest blazes in California history.

A Good Company
Harper's Magazine22 Jan 2025 • ~6750 words

Justin Nobel is writing a book on the environmental threats of oil and gas, which will be published by Simon & Schuster. There is only one problem: S&S was sold to to KKR, a private equity firm with significant investments in oil and gas.

At the Summit
Harper's Magazine22 Jan 2025 • ~7850 words

Caitlín Doherty writes about the last days of Davos as its relevance is waning.

Being an Asian Southerner Means Being an Anomaly, Squared
Electric Literature23 Jan 2025 • ~6100 words

This is how I know an Asian South exists: I miss it