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Multigenerational Living Often Makes Sense. That Doesn’t Make It Easy
“Living with my mother, we get free child care and help with expenses. But all those perks come at a cost.”
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City of Glass
“Meet the dedicated cadre of experts and volunteers working to protect birds from glass in the window-strike capital of the United States.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This edition highlights reading about messages in bottles, public benches, infinity, a series of books about everything, and pay-to-play orchestras.
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The Plot Thickens (and the Week’s Top 5)
“Accommodating the dead, like accommodating the living, has always entailed a head-on collision with the awkward reality that we have a finite amount of physical space.” Okay, yes, sure, maybe you weren’t expecting a quote about dead bodies to kick off your Friday morning. But I assure you that our new feature, “Disneyland of the […]
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Inside Ukraine’s Wartime Salons
“Beauty services have provided a form of resistance and of refuge — even as Russian missiles continue to rain down.”
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Get in, Loser—We’re Chasing a Waymo Into the Future
Tailing a robotaxi for hours and hours is weird. And revelatory. And jealousy-inducing. But a driverless world is coming for all of us. So close the door and buckle up.
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The Club No School Principal Wants to Join
“Each of these principals led a school traumatized by a shooting. Now they’re finding a way forward through a unique support group—an unlucky club—where they talk about recovery, courage, and healing.”
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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.”
