4,998 inmates died in U.S. jails without getting their day in court. Reuters investigates the fatalities in America’s biggest jails.
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‘I Couldn’t Do Anything’: The Virus and an E.R. Doctor’s Suicide
“I couldn’t help anyone. I couldn’t do anything. I just wanted to help people, and I couldn’t do anything.” Dr. Lorna Breen was “a consummate overachiever, one who directed her life with assurance.” Then the pandemic hit.
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
“Leave Us to Our Peace”: A Pact Made in Love
“The way we die is changing. So, too, is the way we think about dying — and about the opportunity, even the right, to die at a time and place of our choosing.”
Posted inFiction, Highlight, Quotes
Sit Back, Relax, and Try Not To Think About the Hole We’re Making In Your Skull
You can understand how the dura mater connects to the arachnoid mater, but that doesn’t mean you understand the mind.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
The God Phone
What happens when ordinary people play God to strangers? Leora Smith explores the history of one of the oldest art installations at Burning Man and the conversations that unfold there.
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A Beautiful, Rugged Place: Erosion of the Body
The life-long writer, teacher, and activist believed she could save a piece of land or a species, but after her brother took his life, she questioned her optimism and how to grieve for him and the planet.
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Greenland’s Deepening Ecological Grief
“We no longer understand it here. We don’t trust it.”
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‘What if people found out?’ On the White Male Suicide Epidemic
“I got home and went back to the fetal position for a week.”
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A Mountain and a Range of Memories
“After Lathrop died, I could not bring myself to delete his phone number.”
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What Falls to Earth
In this personal essay, grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.