Gary Settle has helped dozens of federal prisoners get compassionate release. Will it ever be his turn to go home?
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Best of 2025: All Our Number One Story Picks
Every story we selected for the number one slot in our weekly newsletter, all in one place.
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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.”
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Bread and Honey
Sometimes, marriage is about learning how to braid the bitter with the sweet.
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‘No One Is Listening to Us’
“The most precious resource the U.S. health-care system has in the struggle against COVID-19 isn’t some miracle drug. It’s the expertise of its health-care workers—and they are exhausted.”
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Flying Solo
On self-love and self-acceptance while aging in a disabled body.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend notable features and essays by Jason Fagone and Alexandria Bordas, Jennifer Senior, Lachlan Summers, Lupita Limón Corrales, and Anna Wiener.
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‘You Just Have to Have a Strong Mind’: Shantonia Jackson on Working in a Nursing Home During the Pandemic
“The structural conditions shaping care work are highly exploitative—and are profoundly linked to the high degree of COVID-19’s spread within both long-term care facilities and the communities that supply their labor force.”
