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Nashville contra Jaws, 1975
In their time, “Jaws” and “Nashville” were regarded as Watergate films, and both were in production as the Watergate disaster played its final act.
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Self Portrait as a Human Interest Story
Reflecting on the adversities and victories of her youth, Emi Nietfeld interrogates how narratives of resilience minimize suffering.
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In the Age of Instagram’s Travel Influencer, Your Pretty Home Is the Backdrop for Their Photoshoot
At Curbed, Alexandra Marvar explores homeownership in the age of the Instagram travel influencer.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction
The Last Resort
Private clinics in Germany sell cancer patients hope — and mixed results — at exorbitant prices. Some, like the Hallwang Clinic, cater primarily to foreigners.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction
Seeking a Roadmap for the New American Middle Class
Could Starbucks become the new General Motors? Or could the American worker make it even better?
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
A Race to Claim a Piece of Space: The Out-of-This World Obsession of Meteorite Hunters
Meteorite hunters Mike Farmer and Robert Ward travel to Carancas, a tiny village at 12,000 feet in Peru’s remote altiplano, to examine a crater in the hope to claim precious rock from space.
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I Will Outlive My Cat: A Reading List on Pet Death
Alison Fishburn shares seven longreads on how humans experience the death of their pets.
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The Strike: Chemicals, Cancer, and the Fight for Health Care
Workers at Momentive Performance Materials had given their lives to the chemical plant. The strike was supposed to save what little they had left.
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Flagrant Foul: Benching Teen Moms Before Title IX
As a high schooler and new mom, Jane Rubel didn’t consider herself a feminist. She just knew that if husbands and fathers were eligible to play high school basketball, she should have been, too.
