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The Hunt for the Atlantic’s Most Infamous Slave Shipwreck
“Nearly 200 years ago, the slave ship Guerrero sunk, killing forty-one Africans. The wreck vanished. Until now.”
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When We Are Afraid
On teaching in a red state, the silences in our history lessons, and all I never learned about my hometown.
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David Attenborough at 99: ‘I Will Not See How the Story Ends’
“The natural history presenter, who turns 99 this week, has an obsession with sea life that began in boyhood. Here he reflects on his most moving marine encounters — and shares his optimism about the future of our oceans.”
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What I Saw at the Movies
“I wasn’t a film critic or festival programmer or even an aspiring director. I was just an adolescent schoolboy and, in my parents’ probably loving description, a ‘weirdo.’”
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No School, No Fresh Air and Isolated
“Children incarcerated in Shelby County’s juvenile detention center are frequently held in solitary confinement, according to more than two dozen sources who spoke with MLK50.”
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CU Boulder Enrolled Alleged White Supremacist with Knowledge of His Past
“University officials were notified of Durham’s connection to Patriot Front and his violent social media posts before he stepped on campus as a student in August of 2022.”
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition, we recommend stories from Eli Saslow, Mitchell S. Jackson, Adam Ciralsky, Heidi Lasher, and Noah Rawlings.
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Secret in the Walls: Hidden Letters Reveal Love, Lust, Scandal in 1920s Baltimore Society
“Her search for answers would plunge her into 1920s Baltimore society: a celebrated Johns Hopkins scientist, a famous mountaineer and a trailblazing female journalist.”
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Course of Treatment
“After Stanford physician Bryant Lin was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, he invited students to follow along.”
