“The McMansion as harbinger of the American apocalypse.”
The Baffler
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Last Resorts
“Disabled people and advocates fear that medically assisted suicide will become a weapon for the state to do away with what capitalism considers unproductive bodies.”
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Real Magic
“..Top TM figures…claim that the square root of one percent of the population practicing yogic flying is enough to raise global consciousness.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Here are five stories to kickstart your weekend of reading: Seyward starts us off with story close to her heart, set in her hometown of Greenville, North Carolina; Krista shares a remembrance of the longest siege in modern history; Peter recommends a deeply reported piece on Andrew Luck; Cheri takes us behind the scenes of […]
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Toothache, Bleeding, Farewell
“To this day I feel uneasy when summer rain starts.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend stories by Bushra Seddique, Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Laura Mauldin, Kathryn Miles, and Lucas Mann.