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She Was Told Her Twin Sons Wouldn’t Survive. Texas Law Made Her Give Birth Anyway.

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 13, 2023October 16, 2023

“Miranda Michel, 26, couldn’t leave the state for an abortion. But she also couldn’t bear the idea of carrying a nonviable pregnancy to term.”

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For 40 Years He Blamed Himself for a Girl’s Murder. Then Came a Shocking Discovery

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 26, 2023April 26, 2023

“He had indeed seen a blue sweater, but did he remember it on the wrong girl?”

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Three Years Later, Covid-19 Is Still a Health Threat. Journalism Needs to Reflect That

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 12, 2023April 12, 2023

“Too much coverage minimizes the health risks researchers attribute to the virus.”

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A Sandwich Shop, a Tent City and an American Crisis

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

“As homelessness overwhelms downtown Phoenix, a small business wonders how long it can hang on.”

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The Mercy Workers

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

“For three decades, a little-known group of ‘mitigation specialists’ has helped save death-penalty defendants by documenting their childhood traumas. A rare look inside one case.”

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In Her Defence

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 19, 2022December 15, 2022

“After suffering decades of abuse, Helen Naslund was sentenced for killing her husband on their Alberta farm.”

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Best of 2022: Reported Essays

by Longreads December 13, 2022December 8, 2022

Our list of some of the great reported essays published this year includes reads on grief, veganism, the geology of Mexico City, and British real estate.

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I Spent 10 Days in a Secret Chinese Covid Detention Centre

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 8, 2022November 11, 2022

“What I learnt when I was ‘taken away’ to an island quarantine facility in the middle of the night.”

A horse training in a lake, with a man holding onto his neck.
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The Skeleton, the Meat, and the Bones: A Chat With the Writer and Editor Behind The Atavist’s New Issue

by Brendan O'Meara August 18, 2022November 9, 2022

In this excerpt from The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, host Brendan O’Meara talks to Jana Meisenholder about writing “King of the Hill.”

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Patrick Radden Keefe Gets to the Bottom of It

by Peter Rubin July 18, 2022January 25, 2023

If you’re a sucker for hearing how great journalists report and structure their work — and who isn’t? — this Q&A with New Yorker write-around specialist Patrick Radden Keefe makes for a perfect Monday read. It’s always the same: It starts with a series of big beats. If it’s an article, it starts with eight […]

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