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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Kevin Fagan, Sarah Ravani, Lauren Hepler, and J.K. Dineen, Eric Boodman, Gabrielle Anctil, Joe Hagan, and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee.
Posted inStory
Ron’s Place
A man’s death revealed his secret masterpiece—his rented home, illegally transformed into a classical villa. What happened next questions how we define art.
Posted inFeature, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
The Heart Wing
The muscle that never stops, until the very end. Is your heart a hardworking pump or a mystic miracle?
Posted inFeature
The Sunset
There are plenty of reasons to see nursing homes as sad, neglectful places. There are also reasons to see them as something else entirely.
Posted inEditor's Pick
He Is Survived By His Sister
“After losing a father and a brother to substance misuse disorder (SUD), a Kentucky public health worker wants to tear away the stigma of being in the ‘survived by’ category.”
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes, Technology
The Digital Security Threat Inside Jameson Rich’s Body
“It’s a feeling instead of living as a guinea pig for an opaque set of private interests, and a feeling that I can’t trust an industry that would ever put unsecure devices inside patients in the first place.”
Posted inNonfiction
When We Are Afraid
On teaching in a red state, the silences in our history lessons, and all I never learned about my hometown.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Labour of Love
“Again and again, the health-care system exploits the sense of obligation we have to one another.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
America’s Largest Health Insurer Is Giving Apartments to Homeless People
“There are more than half a million homeless in the U.S., about a third of them unsheltered—that is, living on streets, under bridges, or in abandoned properties. When they need medical care or simply a bed and a meal, many go to the emergency room. That’s where America has drawn the line: We’ll pay for […]
