‘I Have No Choice but to Keep Looking’
Five years after the tsunami that killed tens of thousands in Japan, a husband still searches the sea for his wife, joined by a father hoping to find his daughter.
Longform Best of 2016
We recommended 1,399 articles articles this year, from 1,088 writers and 307 publications.
These were our favorites.
World
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Searching for Ground Truth in the Kunduz Hospital Bombing
Who authorized the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan, and why?
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Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart
A full-issue length, 42,000-word history of the dissolution of the Middle East, from the invasion of Iraq 13 years ago until present.
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Rom Watangu
An indigenous leader reflects on a lifetime following the law of the land in Australia.
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The Day We Discovered Our Parents Were Russian Spies
Their entire lives, Alex and Tim Foley thought their mom and dad were typical, boring American parents. Then the FBI showed up.
