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Handpicked feature writing and other items of note.
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Today's Selections


Atul Gawande on Costa Rica's Public Health Successes (link)

Caitlin Flanagan on The Secret of Cancer (link)

Nike's End of Men (link)

The Dresden Job––A jewel heist story. (link)

The Culture War in New York's Private Schools (link)
 
STUFF I'VE BEEN WRITING

The Death Toll of FDA Delays (link)

Noteworthy...

Above are the usual selections, focused on feature stories. This section will feature other noteworthy stuff: undercovered news stories about civil liberties and other subjects dear to my heart; worthwhile video content; and other treats intended to increase your pleasure.
  • The rapidly shifting Hispanic experience of criminal justice (link)
  • A professional baby maker (link)
  • Notes on living in Los Angeles (link)
  • Excellent interview with a sociologist on Covid and more (link)
  • Is the scolding equilibrium shifting? (link)
  • Education funding doesn't seem to correlate with results (link)
  • An alarming proposal in Canada (link)
  • Unmasking hospital prices (link)
  • Corporate America's racial justice pledges (link)
  • Sociologically interesting guide to being a cam girl (link)
  • Embedded video of a beekeeper in my Tweet (link)
  • Mao's "recalling bitterness" campaign (link)
  • Tolkien fans only (link)
  • The future of rural America (link)
  • A portfolio of drawings (link)
  • Australia's AstraZeneca stockpile (link)
  • Third doses fit uneasily in the regulatory structure (link)
  • Australia as Covid outlier (link)
  • A hidden cupid (link)
  • On insulin (link)
  • Frivolous lawsuit of the week (link)
  • Shift in the SF drug scene (link)
  • Goin g to the country, gonna eat me a lot of peaches (link)
  • Knives outback (link)
  • Scott Alexander on kids missing school (link)
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