This week, we’re highlighting stories by Luke Mogelson, David Frum, Matthew Shaer, Rahawa Haile, and Meghan Tear Plummer.
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Iraqi Special Forces Fight to Liberate Mosul
For The New Yorker, Luke Mogelson embeds himself with the Nineveh Province swat team.
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Looking For a Killing: On the Ethics of Longform Reportage
Now, imagine you’re on a mission with a platoon of Afghan soldiers in a valley that you know to be under the control of insurgents, and imagine your task is to show that fact. On the one hand, you don’t want the soldiers to be ambushed—what kind of person would want that?—but on the other, […]
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It's Never Too Late, Vol. 1
Continuing to brave the Indian Ocean, and continuing to die, only illustrates their desperation in a new, disturbing kind of light. This is the subtext to the plight of every refugee: Whatever hardship he endures, he endures because it beats the hardship he escaped. Every story of exile implies the sadder story of a homeland. […]
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What It's Like When You Are Desperate for a New Life
“One thing was certain: neither Youssef nor Rashid, nor Anoush nor Shahla, were going to get to the place they believed they were going. Rashid would never be reunited with his wife and sons in some quaint Australian suburb; Youssef would never see his children ‘get a position’ there; Anoush would never become an Australian […]