In this edition: Bezos, paper, scissors; feast or famine; one reason to stay here; any way you slice it; the real Winter Olympics, and more.
The Washington Post
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The Murder of ‘The Washington Post’
“Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.”
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The Unexpected Epiphanies of Watching 57 Movies With my Sleeping Newborn
“Between the opening credits and the 3 a.m. feedings, as I watched films in 20-minute increments, something profound happened.”
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He Supported the US War in Afghanistan. Now He May Be Deported to the Taliban.
He escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.
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Ms. Rachel Grew Up on Mister Rogers. Now She’s Carrying on His Legacy.
“The YouTube star wants her audiences—adults and children alike—to see the humanity of all people.”
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Sharing stories from John Woodrow Cox, Sarah Blaskey, and Matt McClain; Daphne Chouliaraki Milner and Marcia Bjornerud; Susan Choi; Henry Wismayer; and Susannah Pratt.
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Abandoned by Trump, a Farmer and a Migrant Search for a Better Future
“’The longer these funds are not released it is starting to make me think that you do not care for people like me.’”
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The Nurse in the NYC Subway
“As subway assaults rise and calls for safety increase, a psychiatric nurse must decide who is a risk.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending notable stories by Kori Suzuki, D. Watkins, Mike Scalise, Emily Polk, and Vassi Chamberlain.
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The Free-Living Bureaucrat
“All over the world, tens of thousands of times a year, some doctor was trying to improve on some unsatisfying treatment for some deadly affliction. And no one was recording what had worked and what had not.”