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Notes From a Burmese Prison
“I came to Myanmar because, if our worst fears were coming to pass, I thought its journalists might have something to teach me.”
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You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
“What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We’re all finding out.”
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‘Lavender’: The AI Machine Directing Israel’s Bombing Spree in Gaza
“The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties.”
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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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My Secret Police Files
“What did they really know about my activism, the men who could decide whether I lived or died?”
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The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan
“This was what made me walk 100 miles. Over and over again, Gorton found ways to make itself interesting.”
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The Journalist Who the Nazis Could Not Silence
No one has ever received more nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize than Carl von Ossietzky. This is his story.
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Syria’s Quest to Build Its Own Silicon Valley
“Tech founders in Damascus are rebooting a war-torn country.”
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11 Women, 9 Dogs, Not Much Drama (and No Guys)
“These retired women in Texas have been through infertility, illness, layoffs, addiction and disappointing marriages. Now they are trying to create a utopia just for themselves.”
