Making sense of absence in the ever-dissolving karst of Missouri.
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Madness, Melancholy, or Murder: An Ancient English Farm’s 50-Year-Old Mystery
Andrew Chamings returns to his childhood farmland to investigate the mystifying deaths of the Luxton siblings. What really happened down that dark country lane?
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How Concerned Citizens Drove a Neo-Nazi Out of Rural Maine
Christopher Pohlhaus wanted to build a fascist training compound in America’s whitest state. His neighbors had other plans.
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Inside Man
Gary Settle has helped dozens of federal prisoners get compassionate release. Will it ever be his turn to go home?
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‘It’s a national tragedy’: What a devastating Covid-19 outbreak at a California slaughterhouse reveals about the federal government’s failed pandemic response
“In the face of an unprecedented public health crisis, the federal agency responsible for workplace safety has essentially allowed meatpackers to regulate themselves—leading to chaos, confusion, and fear in facilities across the country.”
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Ya’aburnee, Four Ways
A family curse, a grandfather, a pet, a friend—and one untranslatable word to encompass them all.
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The Strangely Beautiful Experience of Google Reviews
Glimpses of humanity in an unlikely corner of the internet.
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The Secrets of a Hidden Diary
A hidden diary, a love story, and a mystery.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend notable features and essays by Jason Fagone and Alexandria Bordas, Jennifer Senior, Lachlan Summers, Lupita Limón Corrales, and Anna Wiener.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Matt Hamilton and Garrett Therolf, Lacy M. Johnson, Devin Kelly, Max Bell, and Rainesford Stauffer.
