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Knife Insurance: An Extreme Surgery Reading List
Never before have so many people sought medical intervention to address their insecurities—and never before has that intervention gone to such lengths.
How Social Media Apps Could Be Fueling Homicides Among Young Americans
“Taunts that once could be forgotten now live on before large audiences, prompting people to take action.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending memorable pieces by Seth Freed Wessler, Stuart McGurk, Jon Mooallem, Ben Lerner, Kiese Laymon, and Amelia Tait.
A Year in Reading: The Wounds That Bind
On the hard-hitting, unforgettable stories of 2024.
As Rail Profits Soar, Blocked Crossings Force Kids to Crawl Under Trains to Get to School
“How much should they risk to get to school?”
How Columbia Ignored Women, Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a Predator For More Than 20 Years
“For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. Columbia let him keep working.”
Inside the Secretive World of Penile Enlargement
“How a doctor’s two-decade quest to grow the penis is leaving some men desperate and disfigured.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This edition features stories from Craig Silverman and Bianca Fortis, Kimon de Greef, Tom Vanderbilt, Diane Mehta, and George Stiffman.
Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia—Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists
“The recent transformation of the state’s election laws explicitly enabled citizens to file unlimited challenges to other voters’ registrations. Experts warn that election officials’ handling of some of those challenges may clash with federal law.”

