A Syrian-American returned to her birth country to work as a translator for the U.S. But the Syria she found was not the Syria she remembered. (Washington Post, ~12 min.)
The wild story of the most quintessential of New Yorkers, a woman who fooled even the New York Times reporter who wrote her obituary. (New York Times, ~13 min.)
A pretty, pretty good profile of Larry David, everyone’s favorite crank. (GQ, ~24 min.)
The inside story of Nancy Pelosi’s brilliant impeachment long game. (TIME, ~19 min.)
Poor honeybees — it’s always something. This time, our national obsession with almond milk is ruining their lives. (The Guardian, ~11 min.)
This week’s strangest and most compelling read, about how a famous 19th-century poet’s stolen dog changed the course of her life. (Medium, ~30 min.)
Farmers are not impressed with software-dependent tractors, and instead are snapping up increasingly rare 40-year-old models at auction. (Minneapolis Star Tribune, ~5 min.)
In the French Alps, an incredible story of World War II resistance. (BBC, ~10 min.)
Nipsey Hussle talked about books constantly. In the months since the L.A. rapper was murdered, a black men’s book club is working its way through the reads he championed. (L.A. Times, ~10 min.)
A look back at AOC’s wild first year in Congress, and the tough lessons she learned along the way. (New York Magazine, ~20 min.)
Dog parks have taken over. Why Berkeley, Calif., is to blame. (Smithsonian Magazine, ~9 min.)
The delicious tale of how New York’s bagel union beat the Mafia. (Grub Street, ~14 min.)
The slow-burning triumph of Knives Out, and why original movies still matter. (BuzzFeed New, 8 min.)
Privileged women using their power for good is good ... right? (The Cut, ~9 min.)
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