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Great articles, every Saturday.

January 5

Politics

Knocking on Two Million Doors

Control of the Senate could hinge on Black voters—and on an ambitious effort to get them to the polls in the largest numbers ever for the Jan. 5 runoff elections.

Audra D. S. Burch The New York Times Magazine Dec 2020 30min Permalink

Politics

Sarah McBride’s Neighborhood

The new Delaware state senator is making history in her hometown.

Brock Colyar The Cut Jan 2021 20min Permalink

January 4

World

The Factories in the Camps

Observers have long warned of rising forced labor in Xinjiang. Satellite images show factories built just steps away from cell blocks.

Alison Killing, Megha Rajagopalan Buzzfeed Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Science Health

Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us

As vaccines roll out, the U.S. will face a choice about what to learn and what to forget.

Ed Yong The Atlantic Dec 2020 25min Permalink

In Praise of Idleness

An argument for working less.

Bertrand Russell Harper's Oct 1932 20min Permalink

January 3

Health

How the School Reopening Debate Is Tearing One of America’s Most Elite Suburbs Apart

In a district where parents are epidemiologists and health policy experts, the meltdown happened one Zoom meeting at a time

Noreen Malone Slate Dec 2020 30min Permalink

January 2

Tech Media

Is Substack the Media Future We Want?

The newsletter service is a software company that, by mimicking some of the functions of newsrooms, has made itself difficult to categorize.

Anna Wiener New Yorker Dec 2020 20min Permalink

January 1

Science Health Travel

The Secret Formula

Could shrunken heads from the Amazon hold the key to curing cancer? One man thought so—and spent a lifetime trying to prove it.

Steven Lance The Atavist Magazine Dec 2020 1h10min Permalink

Music

The Mask of Doom

A profile of MF Doom.

Ta-Nehisi Coates New Yorker Sep 2009 20min Permalink

December 31, 2020

Science

The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community

A cloud enthusiast becomes an advocate for a new type of cloud.

Jon Mooallem New York Times Magazine May 2016 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Rhiannon"

A teenage girl's mysterious disappearance(s).

Sophie Kearing The Lumiere Review Dec 2020 Permalink

Health Travel

The Cruise Ship Suicides

Confined mostly to tiny cabins as the pandemic unfolded, crew members struggle to cope.

Austin Carr Bloomberg Businessweek Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Arts Health

These Precious Days

The author’s chance encounter with Tom Hanks leads to a dear and lasting friendship with his assistant.

Ann Patchett Harper's Dec 2020 1h20min Permalink

December 30, 2020

Best Article Sports

Rapture of the Deep

Carried away by love—for risk and for each other—two of the world’s best freedivers went to the limits of their sport. Only one came back.

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Gary Smith on the Longform Podcast

Gary Smith Sports Illustrated Jun 2003 35min Permalink

Crime Politics

Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree

Private executioners paid in cash. Middle-of-the-night killings. False or incomplete justifications.

Isaac Arnsdorf ProPublica Dec 2020 20min Permalink

December 29, 2020

Business Crime World

Vegas on the Black Sea

A trip to Batumi, Georgia.

Tara Isabella Burton Roads and Kingdoms Sep 2015 Permalink

World

An Officer’s Double Life Puts Germany on Trial

A German officer is facing trial on terrorism charges. At a volatile time for Western democracy, his story mirrors the story of Germany itself.

Katrin Bennhold New York Times Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Business Food

What the Hole Is Going On?

The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.

Rachel Handler Grub Street Dec 2020 20min Permalink

History Health

The Plague Year

The mistakes and the struggles behind America’s coronavirus tragedy.

Lawrence Wright New Yorker Dec 2020 2h Permalink

December 28, 2020

Food

“I Never Thought I’d Be Standing in One of Those Lines”: Stories From People Seeking Food Aid

The economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus has led to enormous food insecurity across America—even in its richest cities.

Samantha Michaels Mother Jones Dec 2020 15min Permalink

Science

Love in a Time of Terror

Evidence of the failure to love is everywhere around us. To contemplate what it is to love today brings us up against reefs of darkness and walls of despair.

Barry Lopez Orion Aug 2020 15min Permalink

World Health

To Stay or To Go?

Amid coronavirus outbreaks, migrants face the starkest of choices: Risking their lives in U.S. detention or returning home to the dangers they fled.

Hannah Dreier Washington Post Dec 2020 20min Permalink

December 26, 2020

Tech Media

Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine

The architecture of the modern web poses grave threats to humanity.

Adrienne LaFrance The Atlantic Dec 2020 20min Permalink

December 25, 2020

Best Article

Chicago Christmas, 1984

How John, a father of 14, lost Christmas.

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George Saunders on the Longform Podcast

George Saunders New Yorker Dec 2003 10min Permalink

December 24, 2020

Business Health

How SoulCycle Lost Its Soul

The boutique fitness phenomenon sold exclusivity with a smile, until a toxic atmosphere and a push for growth brought the whole thing down.

Alex Abad-Santos Vox Dec 2020 30min Permalink

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