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Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * * 1. Inside the Snitch Tank Edward Humes | The Orange County Register | Jan. 1, 2016 | 77 minutes (19,430 words) Edward Humes painstakingly […]
Uncovering the dating habits of conspiracy theorists and the challenges they face.
In the New York Times Magazine, Jon Mooallem follows two ex-convicts who pick up inmates the day they are released and help then navigate through their first day of freedom, which can be unnerving if they’ve been behind bars for more than a decade.
A reading list of eight stories on marijuana.
Laura Goode investigates her Catholic identity—the radical, feminist, social-justice-oriented version she discovered upon encountering the mysteries of marriage and motherhood—years after her departure from the guilt-stricken, conservative Catholicism of her upbringing.
What do we gain from giving inmates access to video games?
Heroin use and related overdoses have been increasing in nearly every demographic group in the U.S., a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report posted earlier this month shows. In obituaries, “a growing number of families are dropping the euphemisms,” instead describing the painful realities of addiction. David Amsden’s April 2014 Rolling Stone story, “The […]
Laura Goode investigates her Catholic identity—the radical, feminist, social-justice-oriented version she discovered upon encountering the mysteries of marriage and motherhood—years after her departure from the guilt-stricken, conservative Catholicism of her upbringing.
Sarah Yager reports in The Atlantic about how nursery prisons are helping incarcerated mothers and their babies.
Mooallem follows two ex-convicts who pick up inmates the day they are released and help then navigate through their first day of freedom.
