Ordinary details can furnish a room, they can set a table, they can fill the time between hushed meetings of planned genocide.
The New York Times
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How We Write About the Nazis Next Door
The Nazi next door is still a Nazi.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Anand Gopal and Azmat Khan, Claire Dederer, Dale Maharidge, Leslie Jamison, and Nina Coomes.
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Gossip and News, Strange Bedfellows
Recent stories exposing powerful, abusive men suggest there’s value in taking rumors seriously.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from C.J. Chivers, Sheelah Kolhatkar, Libby Copeland, Amanda Petrusich, and Bryan Menegus.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Ronan Farrow, Diana Nyad, Rachel Monroe, Ross Andersen, and Teresa Mathew.
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Sade’s Eternal Cool
How the soul singer Sade Adu has maintained her pop cultural relevance for more than 30 years.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Roxane Gay, Katherine Heiny, Alexandra Starr, Dionne Searcey, and Anna Silman.
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The Teen Girls Who Defied Boko Haram
The bravest members of the Nigerian resistance are the teenage girls who refuse to become tools of terrorism.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Jane Mayer, David Zax, Christopher Glazek, Farah Stockman, and Alex Mar.