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How rural America is failing migrants. The life lessons of soccer strategy. Moving on after the unthinkable happens. One house’s unsettling past. And a conversation between film icons. (Who doesn’t need more Nic Cage?) Welcome to our editors’ five favorite stories of the week. 1. What Happened to Rezwan Kartikay Mehrotra, Matti Gellman | ProPublica, […]
This week’s edition highlights stories by Peter Flax, Abigail Edge, Jesús A. RodrÃguez, Henry Wismayer, and Elif Batuman.
Why some athletes seek the very limits of human capacity — even in the face of unimaginable risk.
A journalist navigates a world forever changed by her traumatic brain injury.
Author Sorayya Khan on what it means to grow up between two cultures, and on mothering and being mothered in a global world.
Our Top 5 stories of the week from Maurice Chammah, Benoît Morenne, Amanda Gefter, Jane Miller, and Cheryl Katz and our first-ever audience award.
There are plenty of reasons to see nursing homes as sad, neglectful places. There are also reasons to see them as something else entirely.
On teaching in a red state, the silences in our history lessons, and all I never learned about my hometown.
From writing about climate disaster and catastrophe to pieces on sleep habits, hometowns, and the heyday of a digital media empire, these five reads will take you into your weekend.
