This week, our editors recommend stories by Ryan Devereaux, Tess McNulty, Alyssa Harad, Leland Cecco, and Caitlin Giddings
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend stories by Michael Wilson, Joseph Bien-Kahn, Jason Anthony, AC Shelton, and Tom Breihan.
The Romance History Forgot
Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed journey to the South Pole captivated the world. But hidden within the legend was a story that has never been told—a love affair between two of the crew who survived.
Ottawa’s Response to the Trucker Protest Was Doomed from the Start
“Ottawa residents had had it.”
She Was Told Her Twin Sons Wouldn’t Survive. Texas Law Made Her Give Birth Anyway.
“Miranda Michel, 26, couldn’t leave the state for an abortion. But she also couldn’t bear the idea of carrying a nonviable pregnancy to term.”
16 Hours With George Santos: Dunkin’ Donuts, 27,000 Steps and a Scolding
“Our intrepid reporter camped outside the office of Congress’ most scandal-plagued freshman, so you don’t have to.”
Flipping Grief
“This is loss. Memory, damp and compact as clods of earth, is dried out in the marketplace and burned as turf.”
What’s the Future of Solitary Confinement?
“Frank DePalma. . . . found comfort in the absence of light.”
Manhattan Burning
Before the Jan. 6 insurrection, there was the Nov. 25 arson campaign, when violent anti-government conspirators sowed chaos in the heart of New York City.

