Every story that appeared in the number five slot in our Weekly Top 5, all in one place.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Tana Ganeva, Garrett M. Graff, Janelle Monáe, Ellen Cushing, and Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder.
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature, Sports
9,000 Seconds, With Only 47 to Spare
“As he would later tell me, running was the rare sport where you mostly competed against yourself. You could learn without having to lose.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Screen Share: A College Teacher’s Zoom Journal
For 15 years, Anne Fadiman taught her students in intimate classrooms. Covid-19 has meant reinventing the way she teaches.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Lucas Waldron, Nadia Sussman, Thalia Beaty, and Ryan Gabrielson, as well as Jamil Smith, Cynthia Tucker, Venkatesh Rao, and Sirin Kale.
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
How China Censored Citizens and the Press on COVID-19
China maintains its swift, open response to coronavirus bought time for the world. Journalists, had their stories not been deleted, will tell you otherwise.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
How a Mom Penetrated the Pen to Hack the Warden’s Computer
Rita Strand, age 58, posed as a health inspector and got unrestricted access to South Dakota prison.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
Did the United States Booby-Trap a Vital Soviet Gas Pipeline?
“Weiss…a subtle, under-the-radar bureaucrat who fought his country’s adversaries with red tape and a headful of contrarian ideas. I understood him as a man whose entire life was secrets. “
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘It’s An iPad, Not An usPad’: Douglas Rushkoff on Digital Isolation
“There’s no Dropbox plan that will let us upload body and soul to the cloud. We are still here on the ground, with the same people and on the same planet we are being encouraged to leave behind.”
