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Posted inEditor's Pick

The Incredible Story of Finding My Brother in My 60s

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

“We were born a week apart, in the same hospital, to different mothers.”

Posted inUncategorized

‘How Did This Man Think He Had the Right to Adopt This Baby?’

by Seyward Darby December 1, 2022December 1, 2022

“Army Rangers killed her parents. A Marine is raising her in America. But her Afghan family says she was taken under false pretenses.”

Serena WIlliams, wearing a black tennis minidress, tosses a ball high in the air before serving at the US Open.
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads September 9, 2022October 19, 2022

This week, our editors recommend stories by Carla Ciccone, Lex Pryor, Bhavya Dore, Michelle Cyca, and Casey Lyons.

Posted inEditor's Pick

How America Saved Millions of Dogs—By Moving Them

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 8, 2022October 19, 2022

“It is a good time to be an American dog. In the 1970s, as many as 20 million dogs and cats were euthanized each year. That number has declined precipitously. The ASPCA now estimates 390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats are euthanized each year, down from 2.6 million as recently as 2011.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

52 Years in 11 Days: A Son, Facing Death, Finds His Father

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 11, 2021October 19, 2022

“After struggling with cancer for years, Sam Anthony was running out of time. Before he died, he found the courage to mail a letter that he had long been afraid to send.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Who Am I?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 23, 2021October 19, 2022

“Edwards isn’t sure how she came into this world, or when or where, but on Aug. 14, 1967, she was discovered inside a pillowcase hidden under a dresser in a vacant apartment of an otherwise occupied West Philadelphia rowhouse.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Skin

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 20, 2021October 19, 2022

On creating a mixed-race family through adoption.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Untold Story of Queer Foster Families

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 25, 2021October 19, 2022

“But these social workers, in some cases inadvertently, were creating something radical: state-supported queer families in an era of intense discrimination.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

‘Our Foster Child Asked Us to Adopt Him – By Drawing Himself on to a Family Photo’

by Carolyn Wells September 23, 2020October 19, 2022

The story of how, after years of difficulty, George finally found his family.

Posted inNonfiction

An Addict, a Nurse, and a Christmas Resurrection

by Suzanne Ohlmann December 20, 2019December 30, 2022

Working the night shift on an intensive care unit, Suzanne Ohlmann brushes up against death, Jesus, and her biological father.

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