Each story we chose as our number five piece of the week in 2023, all in one place.
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Bread and Honey
Sometimes, marriage is about learning how to braid the bitter with the sweet.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Faith, Friendship, and Tragedy at Santa Fe High
Sabika Sheikh came from Karachi to experience the best of being an American high school student and instead got our very worst, leaving two crushed families behind — one Pakistani, one Texan.
Posted inFeature
The Women at the Cutting Edge of Butchery
Butcher shops have been struggling to survive. But now women are picking up the knife.Â
Posted inFeature
Why I Lied to Everyone in High School About Knowing Karate
As a teen, Jabeen Akhtar discovered that trying to be an exceptional immigrant can make you do stupid things.
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Why Do Seventh-Day Adventists Live Longer Than Most Americans?
This conservative Christian sect takes the Bible’s messages about the body very seriously. Even non-Christians can learn a lot from their healthy lifestyle.
Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
Here’s What Put Thousands of Californians in the Path of a Blaze
Forest mismanagement, political corruption, and PG&E’s corporate culture created a highly combustible situation.
Posted inNonfiction
Infatuation
Deena ElGenaidi considers the ways in which adoring Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine from afar in her teens and early 20s provided a safe outlet for expressing desire.
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Alexander Sammon, Amanda Chicago Lewis, Hannah Smothers, Adam Fales, and Matt Dinan.
