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“IPAs Are Like Fragile Butterflies”: A Conversation with Beer Writer Josh Bernstein

IPAs currently dominate the craft beer industry in America—and they are poised to take over the world.

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The Bitter History of Law and Order in America

It has stifled suffrage, blamed immigrants for chaos, and suppressed civil rights. It’s also how Donald Trump views the entire world.

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

This week, we’re featuring stories by Reeves Wiedeman, Monica Mark, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Daniel Duane, and Danny Chau.

Are Regular Russians Ready to Take On Vladimir Putin?

The Russian election is one year away, but taking on a ruthless autocrat may not be welcomed by a generation looking for stability and security.

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On Impractical Urges
Ayana Mathis  / Guernica Magazine
The Most Expensive Record Never Sold
Andrew Flanagan  / NPR
How to Cross a Field of Snow
Robert Moor  / Lapham’s Quarterly
Echt Deutsch
Yascha Mounk  / Harper’s
After Exploring the Past in his Bestselling Memoir, Bettyville, Writer George Hodgman Looks Toward the Future
Jeannette Cooperman  / St. Louis Magazine
The Dirtbag Left’s Man in Syria
Reeves Wiedeman  / New York Magazine
Poor, Gifted, and Black
Monica Mark  / BuzzFeed
The (Still) Awesome Life of Dick Vitale
Bryan Curtis  / The Ringer
Cooking Lessons
Daniel Duane  / The California Sunday Magazine
To Save the City We Had to Drown It
Jake Swearingen , Kim Stanley Robinson  / New York Magazine
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Can College Basketball Be Fixed?

Too many free throws slowed down what could have been an exhilarating national championship game between North Carolina and Gonzaga. Here’s how the NCAA could solve its fouling dilemma next season.

‘I Knew From the Get-Go it Should be Shirley MacLaine’: George Hodgman on Casting ‘Bettyville’ for TV

Paramount TV will bring “Bettyville,” George Hodgman’s memoir about caring for his dying mother, to the small screen.

How Should a German Be?

In Harper’s, Yascha Mounk examines how recent Islamic immigration challenges many Germans’ core idea of their national identity.

Popular Enough to Live: A Reading List About Crowdfunding Health Care

Sixty-three percent of Americans don’t have money to cover an emergency costing $500 or more. I’m one of them.

‘BRB, Killing ISIS Guys’: An American Bro in Syria

When Brace Belden left his job in San Francisco to fight ISIS, he had no idea he’d become a prominent figure in the Syrian Civil War.

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Decolonizing Education in South Africa

South African students of color are working to improve the conditions of education in a country that, twenty years after apartheid, is still rigged for the white minority.

Who Says Healthy Food Can’t Be Accessible and Affordable?

Daniel Patterson, and the challenges of bringing fast healthy food to the impoverished neighborhoods trapped in food deserts.

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The High-Water Mark: The Battle of Gettysburg, the Jersey Shore, and the Death of My Father

Contemplating history, family, and today’s America, Dane A. Wisher tells the story of spreading his father’s ashes on the battlefield at Gettysburg National Park and coming to terms with his life and death.

Kim Stanley Robinson’s Cheerful Novel of Climate Change

The sci-fi writer explains how his city-dwellers learn to survive and thrive after a climate-change catastrophe.

The Swan (Mascot) that Would Not Be Tamed

The story of a football team’s mascot, the man inside the costume, and the town that rallied around its local hero.

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Books

Kim Stanley Robinson’s Cheerful Novel of Climate Change

The sci-fi writer explains how his city-dwellers learn to survive and thrive after a climate-change catastrophe.

The Religious Iconography of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

A vast range of political, historical, and religious influences went into Margaret Atwood’s dystopia, including one unexpected logo.

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The Immigration-Obsessed, Polarized, Garbage-Fire Election of 1800

A madman versus a crook? Unexpected twists? Fake news? Welcome to the election of 1800.

Leave Them Alone! A Reading List On Celebrity and Privacy

Why do we feel like we own celebrities—not just their art or their products, but their images and their personal lives?

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The Sense of an Endling

Scientists closely monitor the last member of a species. Is there space in a creature’s DNA to consider the prospect of no tomorrow?

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The Bitter History of Law and Order in America

It has stifled suffrage, blamed immigrants for chaos, and suppressed civil rights. It’s also how Donald Trump views the entire world.

How Should a German Be?

In Harper’s, Yascha Mounk examines how recent Islamic immigration challenges many Germans’ core idea of their national identity.

Are Regular Russians Ready to Take On Vladimir Putin?

The Russian election is one year away, but taking on a ruthless autocrat may not be welcomed by a generation looking for stability and security.

Popular Enough to Live: A Reading List About Crowdfunding Health Care

Sixty-three percent of Americans don’t have money to cover an emergency costing $500 or more. I’m one of them.

‘BRB, Killing ISIS Guys’: An American Bro in Syria

When Brace Belden left his job in San Francisco to fight ISIS, he had no idea he’d become a prominent figure in the Syrian Civil War.

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Personal Essay

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The High-Water Mark: The Battle of Gettysburg, the Jersey Shore, and the Death of My Father

Contemplating history, family, and today’s America, Dane A. Wisher tells the story of spreading his father’s ashes on the battlefield at Gettysburg National Park and coming to terms with his life and death.

This Is God’s Property

Kelsey Munger shares the story of a childhood spent being vigilant against the demons, witches, and werewolves her parents believed were stalking their family.

‘Because California Moves Through You’

Essayist Lynell George muses on California and the two cities—Los Angeles and San Francisco—that own a part of her heart.

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Woman of Color in Wide Open Spaces

While visiting national parks to detox from the oppressive whiteness of the MFA experience, Minda Honey is reminded the only places to retreat from whiteness in this country are the spaces women of color hold for each other.

Leave Them Alone! A Reading List On Celebrity and Privacy

Why do we feel like we own celebrities—not just their art or their products, but their images and their personal lives?

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