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Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You
The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You
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The Reckoning
The Reckoning
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The Way Home is a Circle
The Way Home is a Circle
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Can You Step in the Same River Twice? In Montana, I Learned the Answer.
Personal
Can You Step in the Same River Twice? In Montana, I Learned the Answer.
David Quammen·Outside
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The founder of Craigslist has given away half a billion dollars. He fears for an America where generosity is trolled
Business
The founder of Craigslist has given away half a billion dollars. He fears for an America where generosity is trolled
J.R. Duren·The Independent
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Fearing for his life
Race
Fearing for his life
Chloé Cooper Jones·The Verge
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The Handicapped
Personal
The Handicapped
Anonymous·The Atlantic
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Why I Sought Out a Taliban Commander I Had Fought
Personal
Why I Sought Out a Taliban Commander I Had Fought
Thomas Gibbons-Neff·The New York Times
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How Emily Wilson Made Homer Modern
Literature
How Emily Wilson Made Homer Modern
Judith Thurman·The New Yorker
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Crushed.
Personal
Crushed.
Nile Cappello·The Atavist Magazine
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What training my chaotic dog taught me about power, control
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What training my chaotic dog taught me about power, control
William Davies·The Guardian
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The pandemic hit, and this car became home for a family of four.
Personal
The pandemic hit, and this car became home for a family of four.
Greg Jaffe·Washington Post
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An economic collapse has pushed families who live in Orlando’s motels to the brink
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An economic collapse has pushed families who live in Orlando’s motels to the brink
Greg Jaffe·The Washington Post
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The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia
Psychology
The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia
Katie Engelhart·The New York Times
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Graven Images
Personal
Graven Images
Saul Bellow·The New Yorker
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Some Thoughts on the Common Toad
Nature
Some Thoughts on the Common Toad
George Orwell·Books & Collections
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Disney World layoffs leave its workers fighting to hold onto vanishing middle-class lives
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Disney World layoffs leave its workers fighting to hold onto vanishing middle-class lives
Greg Jaffe·The Washington Post
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What Losing My Two Children Taught Me About Grief
Family
What Losing My Two Children Taught Me About Grief
Colin Campbell·The Atlantic
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Making House: Notes on Domesticity (Published 2016)
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Making House: Notes on Domesticity (Published 2016)
Rachel Cusk·The New York Times
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Degrading Intimacy
Personal
Degrading Intimacy
Apoorva Tadepalli·The Point Magazine
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A Woman’s Work: Home Economics* (*I Took Woodworking Instead)
Gender
A Woman’s Work: Home Economics* (*I Took Woodworking Instead)
Carolita Johnson·Longreads
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Commonwealth v. Mohamed
Crime
Commonwealth v. Mohamed
Margaret Redmond Whitehead·The Atavist Magazine
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Outlaw Country
Geography
Outlaw Country
Emma Marris·The Atavist Magazine
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