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The Richest Black Girl in America
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~19 min read · May 26th · When an 11-year-old Black girl in Jim Crow America discovers a seemingly worthless plot of land she has inherited is worth millions, everything in her life changes — and the walls begin to close in.…
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The Stowaway
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20+ min read · May 26th · THE STOWAWAY A global wave of high profile crimes has INTERPOL, Scotland Yard, and American detectives chasing a shadow. Can the best conman of his generation stay one step ahead of the unofficial…
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The Incredible True Story of Jody Harris, Con Artist Extraordinaire.
trulyadventure.us
20+ min read · May 24th · Jody Harris, a con artist from Australia, posed as an air hostess, a psychologist, but most often as a cop. Then she fell in love with one.
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Narratively
My Perfect Pictures and the Pain Behind Them
Narratively
9 min read · May 26th · As an actress and model, I presented whatever the world wanted me to be. But there was so much more to my story.
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hedgehogreview.com
American Restlessness
hedgehogreview.com
6 min read · May 21st · Why precisely are the most fortunate of us the most restless? How can our private, individual restlessness explain our public, political sclerosis?
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BBC Future
The strange appeal of garden lawns
BBC Future
10 min read · Apr 29th · Many of us create or maintain lawns in our gardens without giving it a second thought. But could these innocent patches of greenery be a colossal waste of space?
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Real Life
Kids’ Stuff — Real Life
Real Life
10 min read · May 5th · How toys stopped being about play and became mainly about collecting
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Is Everything Falling Apart?
nonzero.substack.com
~12 min read · Apr 29th · Jonathan Haidt thinks so. I’m not so sure.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 369, including Steven Pinker, Ines Bieler, Mathew Ingram, Jonathan Haidt, KevinStrasser.com
San Francisco Chronicle
S.F. has spent millions to shelter the homeless in run-down hotels. These are the disastrous results
San Francisco Chronicle
20+ min read · Apr 26th · Thousands of people have been left to languish and at times die in hotel rooms overseen by a San Francisco agency that reports to Mayor London Breed. With little oversight or support, these so-called…
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The Atavist Magazine
A Crime Beyond Belief - The Atavist Magazine
The Atavist Magazine
Apr 30th · A Harvard-trained lawyer was convicted of committing bizarre home invasions. Psychosis may have compelled him to do it. But in a case that became a public sensation, he wasn’t the only one who seemed…
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hedgehogreview.com
American Restlessness
hedgehogreview.com
6 min read · May 21st · Why precisely are the most fortunate of us the most restless? How can our private, individual restlessness explain our public, political sclerosis?
Reader View · Shared by 134
Failed Architecture
A Cage by Another Name
Failed Architecture
8 min read · Apr 21st · Under the guise of housing, LA’s tiny home villages serve to contain and banish unhoused people.
The Cut
The Limits of Privilege in a Post-Roe World
The Cut
6 min read · May 7th · The new abortion regime is going to affect everyone
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 121, including David Wallace-Wells, Amanda Taub, Esther C, MD MPH, Jerry Saltz
BuzzFeed News
Since KKR Bought BrightSpring, Some People With Disabilities Have Suffered
BuzzFeed News
20+ min read · Apr 25th · BrightSpring Health Services, which KKR bought in 2019, says it helps thousands of people with disabilities “live their best lives.” But a BuzzFeed News investigation found conditions that were often…
The Atlantic
Liberty No More
The Atlantic
7 min read · May 7th · If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the very definition of what it means to be American will change for women and girls in the United States.
trulyadventure.us
The Richest Black Girl in America
trulyadventure.us
~19 min read · May 26th · When an 11-year-old Black girl in Jim Crow America discovers a seemingly worthless plot of land she has inherited is worth millions, everything in her life changes — and the walls begin to close in.…
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POLITICO
Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.
POLITICO
20+ min read · From 2020 · The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the 2008 financial crisis changed how Americans perceive their country and the world. The coronavirus pandemic has quarantined people in their homes, and altered their relationships and how they view the institutions that govern them. As with earlier crises, the coronavirus crisis may change people and US society as a whole in fundamental and lasting ways. No one can predict how this will play out. Politico Magazine asked experts and thinkers for their visions of the future.
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Guardian Books
The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months
Guardian Books
~12 min read · From 2020 · When a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently to William Golding’s bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman
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BuzzFeed News
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation
BuzzFeed News
20+ min read · From 2019 · Some claim millennials are lazy and entitled – unable to do basic tasks that older adults have just gotten on with for years. Anne Helen Petersen, senior culture writer for Buzzfeed News, rejects those labels. Milllennials like herself, she argues, are merely trying their best to navigate trends like skyrocketing student loans and an underpaying, perk-free gig economy. Millennials will likely not be the only ones who feel that her insights and observations are almost painfully on the nose.
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VICE
MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We're on Schedule
VICE
5 min read · 2021-07-14 · A 1972 MIT study predicted that rapid economic growth would lead to societal collapse in the mid 21st century. A new paper shows we're unfortunately right on schedule.
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Vox
Why community matters so much — and how to find yours
Vox
8 min read · Mar 24th · A community can serve as a social safety net, but finding one and becoming a part of it is different from simply making friends.
ProPublica
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica
20+ min read · 2021-06-08 · ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes,…
Reader View · Shared by 874, including Cliff Bleszinski, Ibram X. Kendi, David Weigel, Brian Klaas, Carl Zimmer, Rutger Bregman, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Jay Rosen, Brian Stelter, Paul Kedrosky, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Cory Doctorow, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️, Ida Bae Wells, Marsha Collier, Judd Legum, Thomas Piketty, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Justin Wolfers, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman
The Atlantic
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
The Atlantic
20+ min read · Apr 11th · It’s not just a phase.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 844, including Jonathan Haidt, Niall Ferguson, Daniel Pink, Jeff Atwood, Marsha Collier, Richard Dawkins, William Gibson, Paul Kedrosky, Bill Gross, Peter McCormack ☠️, Paul Graham, Brian Solis - briansolis.eth, Jeff Jarvis, zeldman, Anne Applebaum, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, Scott Galloway, Dan Ariely, John Battelle, Brian Stelter
Big Think
Atheism is not as rare or as rational as you think
Big Think
6 min read · Apr 16th · Many atheists think of themselves as intellectually gifted individuals, guiding humanity on the path of reason. Data shows otherwise.
Visual Capitalist
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Media Consumption, by Generation
Visual Capitalist
~16 min read · From 2020 · This visualization explores how each generation's media consumption is changing amid the frenzy of pandemic-induced quarantines.
Reader View · Shared by 673, including Glen Gilmore | 🌻🥽Metaverse 🕳🐇, Helen Yu, Tom Raftery 🇮🇪🇪🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦💉💉💉, LARRY ELKAN, Michelle Tandler ⚖️, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Thomas Power, Vala Afshar, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Liliane Ferrari ™, Marc R Gagné MAPP 🍁, Michelle Garrett (she/her), George J Huba PhD, Matt Navarra, Mari Smith, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Tamara Schenk, ⭐️Danielle Guzman ⭐️
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