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The best stories on the web about the places you love. Presented by @Longreads, edited by @legalnomads. Share stories by tagging them #travelreads

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Death Dust - toxic "valley fever" is on the rise nyr.kr/JYtM4E (Dana Goodyear @NewYorker) #longreads
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"Chasing Alexander Supertramp" - hikers, pilgrims & "Into the Wild": aol.it/1aEkL66 (@evaholland, @SKYEonAOL) #longreads
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Unspeakable horrors in a country on the verge of genocide bit.ly/1aPurOm (@SmithInAfrica, @guardian) #longreads
Unspeakable horrors in a country on the verge of genocide

Unspeakable horrors in a country on the verge of genocide

Militias in the Central African Republic are slitting children's throats, razing villages and throwing young men to the crocodiles. What needs to happen before the world intervenes?

theguardian.com
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The Rise & Fall Of Georgia's Mikheil Saakashvili bit.ly/HlRgiz (@maxseddon @buzzfeed) #longreads
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"Why are Swedes so Quiet?" @LolaAkinmade on lagom, a word that sums up the Swedish psyche. slate.me/17ZhIVW (@slate) #longreads
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"The Wanderer" - lovely piece from @Samanth_S on cultural drift & family memories: bit.ly/1iiy9S5 #longreads (@aeonmag)
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"A Game of Shark & Minnow" - @nytimes on the standoff in the South China Sea nyti.ms/1iiwE6g #longreads
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San Francisco's Tenderloin, an "island of need in a sea of prosperity" bit.ly/16tHJRW (@sanfranmag, via @faisalb) #longreads
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"Hidden City"- Ian Frazier on NY's increasing homeless population: nyr.kr/1diQEaZ (@newyorker) #longreads
Hidden City

Hidden City

New York has more homeless than it has in decades. What should the mayor do to solve the problem?

newyorker.com
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"Meet the overwhelmed psychiatrist in the world’s happiest country" bit.ly/15uzh4C (@jyangstar, @torontostar) #longreads
Meet the overwhelmed psychiatrist in the world’s happiest country

Meet the overwhelmed psychiatrist in the world’s happiest country

Bhutan is dubbed the world’s ‘last Shangri-La,’ but mental disorders are on the rise and Dr. Chencho Dorji can only do so much.

thestar.com
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"Syria’s Refugees: The Catastrophe" bit.ly/18fXnhS (Hugh Eakin & Alisa Roth, @nybooks) #longreads
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"Notes from the Field: Colombia" bit.ly/17ZXPgf (@rkrystalli, Stories of Conflict and Love) #longreads
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"They’re Taking Over!" Tim Flannery on jellyfish in our oceans: bit.ly/169lsWV (@nybooks) #longreads
"Sleeping Together." A visit to 'Tokyo's first co-sleeping café' lgrd.co/1dhLjAB (Gideon Lewis-Kraus, @Harpers) #longreads
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"Village on the Edge of Time" (2008) bit.ly/19NHRgF (@amytan, @NatGeo) #longreads
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"Boss Rail" - @eosnos in China, on the disaster that exposed the underside of the country's boom: nyr.kr/15X9Xh0 #longreads
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"Barriers to Entry": @rukmini_shrini on India’s dwindling female workforce bit.ly/12XJYLN (@thecaravanindia, v @aatishb) #longreads
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"Life in a Toxic Country" - @comradewong on living in China: nyti.ms/12XIEIE (@nytimes) #longreads

Life in a Toxic Country (Published 2013)

My wife and I worry about how China’s bad air and food will affect our child.

nytimes.com
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"My Week in North Korea" bit.ly/11Iw6lx (@michaelmalice, @reason) #longreads
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"When 772 pitches isn't enough" - @MySecondEmpire on Japanese baseball. es.pn/16986HE (@ESPNmag, v. @themorningnews) #longreads
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