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Anna Clark | Elle | June 27, 2016 | 29 minutes (7,297 words)
Clark weaves the story of Ardelia Ali’s 1995 rape—one of 11,431 Detroit cases in which the rape kit had been left untested—into a profile of Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy, who took on the testing of those kits and the prosecution of perpetrators as a personal mission. Worthy, both the first woman and first African American to hold her position, is a rape survivor herself. Her commitment to women brave enough to report what happened to them is rooted, in part, in her own regret for not going to the police after her own experience, leaving her rapist possibly free to attack other women.
Jodi Kantor, Catrin Einhorn | New York Times | June 30, 2016 | 22 minutes (5,511 words)
In Canada, ordinary citizens are clamoring to sponsor Syrian refugees and welcome them into their homes. The Times spent five months interviewing families and refugees about their experiences, which have been largely positive.
See also: "The Shadow Doctors" (Ben Taub, The New Yorker)
Jia Tolentino | Jezebel | June 28, 2016 | 12 minutes (3,203 words)
Tolentino explores the recent "Becky With the Bad Grades v. UT Austin" Supreme Court ruling through the lens of her own experience writing college essays for privileged white high school students.
Evan Hughes | GQ | June 28, 2016 | 29 minutes (7,403 words)
Kurt Sonnenfeld became a suspect in the death of his wife and moved to Argentina to start a new life. When the U.S. government pursued extradition, Sonnenfeld began insisting to Argentinian media that the U.S. wanted him for ulterior motives related to 9/11.
Dan Kois, Isaac Butler | Slate | June 28, 2016 | 68 minutes (17,161 words)
Twenty-five years after its premiere, the behind-the-scenes story of Tony Kushner's landmark play.
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