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The Highlight Archive

Archives for September 2019

“My heart cries”: For one Rohingya refugee, a dream of home that may never be fulfilled
The Highlight

Two years after Myanmar began a violent campaign to expel its Muslim minority, one man’s story illuminates an unexpectedly long history of oppression.

By Matthew Wells
Feeling burned out at work? Here’s how you can take back your life.
Life

Small (but effective!) tactics to help you stop working too much, stay off email, and manage your colleagues.

By Rachel Wilkerson Miller
’90s erotic thrillers and the satisfaction of watching women burn the world
Culture

These femmes fatales loved sex, put their desires first, and embodied men’s worst fears.

By Rachel Vorona Cote
Why we are in danger of losing Aaliyah’s voice
Culture

The seismic reckoning around R. Kelly shouldn’t change how we view Aaliyah’s art.

By Julian Kimble
How a shoe that looks like a sock became the working woman’s obsession
Culture

A knitted twist on the ballet flat is stretchy, basic, and suddenly everywhere.

By Hilary George-Parkin
Caliber, cartridges, and bump stocks: guns, explained for non-gun people
Gun Violence

As new gun control plans fly, here’s a guide to the weapons at the heart of the debate.

By Dylan Matthews