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Sunday Reads for November 20, 2022
Since the World Cup starts today, we begin with the story of soccer's glittery transformation. Watching the sport, says Mother Jones, is to “experience a crash course in capitalism and power.” Next, The Verge wonders how the Department of Homeland Security became such a disaster. Love researchers tackle relationship disaster by offering a math equation for harmonious living. And what is mouse in the wine world? The market is awash with a peculiar, disagreeable (and much misunderstood) flavor.
This Week's Picks
9/11, while the country was still reeling, a series of letters began arriving at news organizations and Senate offices. The envelopes were innocuous, indistinguishable from other mail, but inside was a white powder, a rare bacteria that can be fatal if inhaled — anthrax. Five people died, and 17 …
Pretending to die isn't typically part of a correctional officer's job. But when the court issues a death warrant, there's often a team that has to rehearse the execution of the prisoner. In Nevada, one of the people they practiced on was officer Catarino Escobar. Escobar wasn't nervous when his …
For 20 years, Clarissa Crader has done everything in her power to get Justin Campbell care for his schizophrenia. He just got off probation after …
After two weeks of radio silence from Russian officials regarding Brittney Griner’s transfer to an unnamed labor camp, her attorneys confirmed on Thursday that the WNBA player turned Russian political prisoner had been taken to Female Penal Colony IK-2 in Mordovia. It is here, about 300 miles from …
During the 2021-2022 school year, more than 1,600 books were banned from school libraries. The bans affected 138 school districts in 32 states, …
LOS ANGELES — Earlier this year, in a 50,000-square-foot warehouse lined with weathered shipping containers and crates, the Viennese artist André Heller was reunited with one of the great loves of his life and career. The psychedelic works inside, unseen by Heller or the world for 35 years, had long …
John and Julie Gottman are renowned clinical psychologists and researchers who've dedicated decades to finding out why some marriages last and others …
It was 2015 and I was tasting wine at a store that no longer exists, staring in puzzlement at a glass of something cloudy and orangish from Chile. It …
These kid-friendly hikes and family-friendly breweries make a great combination. There’s a special art to getting your kids out on a hike. You want to …
