Why Some People Get Sicker Than Others

COVID-19 is proving to be a disease of the immune system. This could, in theory, be controlled.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Apr 21, 2020
Length: 10 minutes (2,676 words)

To Run My Best Marathon at Age 44, I Had to Outrun My Past

“After 20 years of long-distance competition, I ran my fastest. All it took was tech, training, and a new understanding of my life.”

Source: Wired
Published: Apr 20, 2020
Length: 27 minutes (6,971 words)

Hollywood and Hygiene: Sanitary Conditions in the Age of Coronavirus

From not cleaning equipment to not having handwashing stations to the way crews eat, film and TV sets have long been lacking in basic sanitation, and no union contracts stipulate basic standards about hygiene. COVID-19 might change that.

Published: Apr 11, 2020
Length: 6 minutes (1,643 words)

Trump and His Allies Are Worried About More Than November

“If something like a social democratic state is feasible under these conditions, then it is absolutely possible when growth is high and unemployment is low.”

Published: Apr 17, 2020
Length: 4 minutes (1,203 words)

The Friendly Mr. Wu

“The weakest link in America’s national security may not be foreign technology but its own people. Mara Hvistendahl traces the story of the single mother who sold out to China.”

Source: 1843
Published: Apr 15, 2020
Length: 19 minutes (4,880 words)

Ritchie County Mall

Escaping domestic abuse, one determined mother finds a halfway point between her past and her bright future.

Source: Gay Magazine
Published: Apr 6, 2020
Length: 13 minutes (3,367 words)

The Forgotten Babies

There are too many ways for children to die. While one writer investigated the murder of an eight-year-old, the story returned her to her own past

Source: Alta
Published: Apr 6, 2020
Length: 12 minutes (3,027 words)

Molly and the Unicorn

In this installment of the Fine Lines series, Emily Flake reflects on the shifting nature of magic and power in middle age.

Source: Longreads
Published: Apr 20, 2020
Length: 8 minutes (2,185 words)

John Prine: The Last Days and Beautiful Life of an American Original

“His wife, Fiona, son Jody, and others remember a big-hearted genius who championed new artists and made the most of the small things in life.”

Source: Rolling Stone
Published: Apr 13, 2020
Length: 19 minutes (4,964 words)

How Mitch McConnell Became Trump’s Enabler-in-Chief

Jane Mayer’s latest — on Republican and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — is exhaustive, both in its scope and mendacity of the career politician, whose legacy is guaranteed to inextricably intertwined with that of President Donald Trump. Through nearly 12,000 words, the main takeaway is that McConnell might just be the most duplicitous politician in modern American politics.

Author: Jane Mayer
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Apr 12, 2020
Length: 47 minutes (11,823 words)