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The Road to 1948
“How the decisions that led to the founding of Israel left the region in a state of eternal conflict.”
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They Followed Doctors’ Orders. Then Their Children Were Taken Away.
“Federal law has put thousands of women on anti-addiction medications into an impossible bind: Give up your treatment or risk losing your baby.”
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My Impossible Mission to Find Tom Cruise
“The action star has gone to great lengths to avoid the press for more than a decade. But maybe our writer could track him down anyway?”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories from Hannah Dreier, Jason Fagone and Julie Johnson, Shruti Swamy, John Jeremiah Sullivan, and Kristen Arnett.
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A Year in Reading: Power to the People
Incorrigible, insightful, inspiring: the incredible people of 2024.
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Taro and Mishi Take Manhattan
“The charming tale of how two humble rats made it from Bed-Stuy to become New York magazine cover stars”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This edition highlights stories by Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, David Gauvey Herbert, Kit Chellel, Ashley Stimpson, and Nate Rogers.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories from Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Audrey Ash, Kyung Lah, Anna-Maja Rappard, Casey Tolan, Lou Robinson, and Byron Manley; Lindsey Liles; David Gauvey Herbert; Laura Trethewey; and Abe Beame.
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Secrets of the Christmas Trade
“Turf wars. Protection money. Scientology. And my boss, a man who’s half-convinced he really is Santa.”
