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“The former chair of the Africana Studies department at Bowdoin College would prefer not to.”
The Xi Jinping School of Journalism
“The education and reeducation of a Mongolian reporter.”
He Supported the US War in Afghanistan. Now He May Be Deported to the Taliban.
He escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.
House Arab
The experience of being an elite magazine’s only Arab staffer after October 7.
The Eloquent Vindicator in the Electric Room
No one remembers the assassination of Congressman James M. Hinds. What do we risk by making it just another part of American history?
Sister Inquiry
“The Pelly twins on music, writing, and life beyond algorithms.”
The Mostly True Story of America’s First Black Private Investigator
He made his name in Chicago investigating racial violence, solving crimes, and exposing corruption. But America’s first Black private detective was hiding secrets of his own.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
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