The terrible, horrible story of the long-shot effort to save an innocent Iraqi refugee from being deported and killed. (New Yorker, ~36 min.)
Behind the scenes with Michael Barbaro, the New York Times reporter who headlines everyone’s favorite podcast. (Vulture, ~23 min.)
Small businesses increasingly are turning to social media, begging for customers to help keep their doors open. For a doughnut shop in Texas, the tactic worked. (Input Mag, ~4 min.)
Oil-and-gas industry waste from drilling and fracking is killing us slowly — and there’s no end, or even regulation, in sight. An incredible investigation from Rolling Stone. (Rolling Stone, ~39 min.)
Longtime political reporter Tim Alberta left D.C. to report on the “real America” for a year, and his first dispatch is from a Michigan gun show. It’s wild. (Politico, ~19 min.)
Inside the political awakening of Taylor Swift, music’s biggest star and, until recently, its most reluctant activist. (Variety, ~22 min.)
In an epic race against time, a small group of investigators spent decades identifying and tracking down top Nazi collaborators who settled in the U.S. after the war. What a story. (Washington Post, ~19 min.)
Bless the academics and professors who spend their free time on Twitter, clapping back at Trump’s lies about American history and setting the record straight. (New Yorker, ~7 min.)
Once upon a time, Nike had its own superhero, Swoosh. Who knew? (Daily Beast, ~17 min.)
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