Recommended Reading (1/27/25)

Rebels say they have taken key DR Congo city (BBC)

Syria's U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition faces an uncertain future after Assad's ouster (NPR)

The Timekeeper of Ukraine (The Atlantic)

NH Medical Society speaks out against policy allowing ICE arrests at hospitals (NHPR)

The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake. (ProPublica)

Librarians gain protections in some states as book bans soar (NH Bulletin)

The flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVID (NPR)

After Her Sister Wed at 11, a Girl Began Fighting Child Marriage at 13 (NYT)

The failed promise of egg freezing (Vox)

How the Human Brain Contends With the Strangeness of Zero (Quanta)

The Disappearing Medium-Aged Rookie (Baseball Prospectus)

Western Humanities Education and the Well-Educated Police Detective (CrimeReads)

Recommended Reading (1/23/25)

NH ACLU, local Indonesian community sue over Trump effort to end birthright citizenship (NHPR)

Bishop Mariann Budde tells NPR 'I won't apologize' for sermon addressing Trump (NPR)

Congressional Republicans are pushing a misguided immigration bill – and NH Democrats are helping (NH Bulletin)

Timothy Snyder: Why Greenland? (Thinking about...)

Some good news! The long road to legalise same sex marriage in Thailand (BBC)

This is fascinating and horrifying: The Militia and the Mole (ProPublica)

Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her (NPR)

Disgruntled police in Northern Ireland responsible for IRA leaks after Good Friday agreement (The Guardian)

At the Thistle (LRB Blog)

Was California's Wine Revolution Just a Mirage? (Punch)

MLB’s Interleague Rivalry Used To Be Serious (Baseball Prospectus)

Who Was Q. Patrick, the Golden Age Mystery Author? (CrimeReads)

Recommended Reading (1/14/25)

This may be changing by the minute but: Gaza ceasefire deal hoped to be in final stages as mediators meet in Qatar (The Guardian)

Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case (NYT)

How Two Words from a 24-Year-Old Pasadena Climate Specialist Saved Hundreds of Lives (Local News Pasadena)

See some of the most terrifying and dramatic pictures of California wildfire devastation (NPR)

Justice Department Sues Six of the Nation’s Largest Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets (ProPublica)

Biden extends protections for immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador and Ukraine (NPR)

As a new session begins, with 1,155 bills, here’s how to find, track, and testify on legislation (NH Bulletin)

Ugh: NH Supreme Court sides with white supremacist group over highway banner in Portsmouth (NHPR)

This is important reporting on Neil Gaiman, but warning, some of it may be upsetting: There Is No Safe Word (Vulture)

The NFL is to CTE as MLB is to UCL (Baseball Prospectus)

An interesting review of Say Nothing: Talking Gets Us Nowhere (LARB)

When a Deadly Winter Storm Trapped a Luxury Passenger Train Near the Donner Pass for Three Days (Smithsonian)

Recommended Reading (1/8/25)

US accuses RSF of Sudan genocide and sanctions its leader (BBC)

What the Israel-Hezbollah war did to Lebanon's cultural heritage sites (NPR)

Justin Trudeau’s Trying to Save His Party. Is He Hurting Canada? (NYT)

Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland (The Guardian)

This is great: New rules will ban medical debt from your credit report (NPR)

By the numbers: Immigrants are key to New Hampshire's labor force growth (NHPR)

This is the secret system that covers up police misconduct — and ensures problem officers can get hired again (SF Chronicle)

The Audacious Scheme to Reroute India’s Water (Hakai Magazine)

These dreamy photos of historical Cairo will transport you to another time (NPR)

Striking Out in a Crowd (Baseball Prospectus)

Beech Trees Are Masters of Coordination (The Atlantic)

Publishing My Godmother's "Lost" Mystery Manuscripts (CrimeReads)

Recommended Reading (1/7/25)

Justin Trudeau announces plan to quit as Canada’s prime minister (The Guardian)

Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters (NPR)

First Bird Flu Death in U.S. Reported in Louisiana (NYT)

I was wavering about resubscribing but: A Pulitzer winner quits 'Washington Post' after a cartoon on Bezos is killed (NPR)

Pentagon agrees to settle historic lawsuit with LGBTQ+ veterans over discharge status (NPR)

How Illinois’ Hands-Off Approach to Homeschooling Leaves Children at Risk (ProPublica)

NH beekeepers say climate change is stressing out their bees (NHPR)

Removing Bias from Devices and Diagnostics Can Save Lives (Nature)

Behind the Pageantry of Shen Yun, Untreated Injuries and Emotional Abuse (NYT)

The Battle for Attention (The New Yorker)

She Was No 'Mammy' (The Atlantic)

Six Mysteries Set in Luxurious Destinations (CrimeReads)

Recommended Reading (1/6/25)

Inside a secret Ukrainian drone command post, where Russian soldiers are seen as prey (NPR)

I’m an Emergency Physician Keeping an Eye on Bird Flu. It’s Getting Dicey. (Slate)

Biden made diversifying the federal bench a top priority. Here's a look at his legacy (NPR)

Two proposed bills could limit driver’s licenses for immigrants in New Hampshire (NHPR)

How Fentanyl Laid Waste to Guatemala’s Time-Worn Opium Trade (NYT)

'America's Nobel' goes to a power couple who made a startling discovery about HIV (NPR)

How fast could a human being throw a fastball? 106 mph, 110 mph — even 125 mph? (The Athletic)

The ‘Beautiful Confusion’ of the First Billion Years Comes Into View (Quanta)

Should the Hawthorn Be Saved? (The Atlantic)

Rare court records show how poor women pioneered foster care in 1600s (The Guardian)

The Revenge of the Home Page (The New Yorker)

Crime and the City: Adelaide and South Australia (CrimeReads)

Recommended Reading (1/3/25)

‘Just by existing, he’s extended this war’: Timothy Snyder on Trump, Russia and Ukraine (The Guardian)

How the Assads used a civil war to turn Syria into a narco state (NPR)

Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103 (AP)

In Pictures: How one hospital is faring as Sudan's health care system is devastated by war (NPR)

New Hampshire schools told to expect less state aid for special education costs (NHPR)

Vital reading on plastic recycling: Selling a Mirage (ProPublica)

More trans teens attempted suicide after states passed anti-trans laws, a study shows (NPR)

What Happened When the Skating Coaches Wanted a Union (NYT)

Showcase for Antebellum Homes Displays Their Finery. But What About the History? (NYT)

Against ‘Latin American Literature’ (The Millions)

The Geologists of the Future (The Atlantic)

‘Amazing’ Viking-age treasure travelled half the world to Scotland, analysis finds (The Guardian)

Recommended Reading (1/2/25)

Here's what we know so far about the deadly attack in New Orleans (NPR)

What’s next for abortion laws in New Hampshire in 2025? (NHPR)

What to know about Finland, Russia's 'shadow fleet' and a severed undersea cable (NPR)

How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe (ProPublica)

Exclusive: Watchdog finds Black girls face more frequent, severe discipline in school (NPR)

Asteroids Could Fuel the Clean-Energy Transition (The Atlantic)

Religious groups ‘spending billions to counter gender-equality education’ (The Guardian)

A must-read on Spencer Horwitz: Always Another Mountaintop (Sportsnet)

Can Turning Office Towers Into Apartments Save Downtowns? (The New Yorker)

Angels and demons (Inside Story)

Don't Make Graves: The Essential Harlem Detectives (CrimeReads)

The Fashion Influencers of the French Revolution (NYT)