One of the Most Important Pieces of Our Time. Plus Rats and French Cooking: Editors Roundtable

Essays Editor Sari Botton, Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath, and Longreads Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.      This week:   [03:05] “Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true.” (Nikole Hannah-Jones, August 14, 2019, The New York Times Magazine) [16:13] “Super Sad True Chef Story” (Samuel Ashworth, August 12, 2019, Eater) [22:53] “The Rat Spill” (Sarah Gilman, August 13, Hakai Magazine)   Produced by Longreads and Charts & Leisure.