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Guilty: Inside the High-Risk, Historic Prosecution of a School Shooter’s Parents
“A Post reporter embedded with Michigan prosecutors as they pursued homicide charges against Jennifer and James Crumbley, whose son killed four students at Oxford High.”
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Surfing the American Dream
“There’s a new fad in the sport I love. I should have hated it. Deep in a mega-mall, I surprised myself by how much it stirred in me.”
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Best of 2022: Profiles
A great profile accomplishes the nearly impossible by making you feel like you truly know someone you’ve never met. It’s a feat of empathy and insight, the kind of alchemy that turns reporting into rapport. The five examples here span all manner of tone and subject, from victims of gun violence to digital charlatans, but […]
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“I have no status inside or outside any clear borders unless I consider my mother’s uterus my original country.”
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My Trans Awakening—at Age 66
“The day I came out to her, it was like the sun shone for the first time.”
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The Potent Pollution Of Noise
“Earth’s acoustic environment has been profoundly altered by noise, but it’s not too late to change course.”
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Why Some People Are Paying to Be Left on a Desert Island—Alone
“Since 2010, Docastaway has sent travelers to deserted islands with no training, no company, and few supplies. And business is booming.”
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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.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: the jaws of history; war and piece(s); the last day of camp; stay a while; picture me rollin’.
