Seven Stories to Read on Memorial Day
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For Memorial Day, our editors have selected a list of seven notable stories about the greenest way to grill, the decline of babysitters in America, and more.
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The type of fuel you choose isn’t as important as how sustainably it’s sourced, and what you’re grilling matters more.
By Ian Bogost
The One Place in Airports People Actually Want to Be
Inside the competition to lure affluent travelers with luxurious lounges
By Amanda Mull
How to Be Less Busy and More Happy
If you feel too rushed even to read this, then your life could use a change.
By Arthur C. Brooks
Don’t Tell America the Babysitter’s Dead
For decades, sitting was both a job and a rite of passage. Now it feels more like a symbol of a bygone American era.
By Faith Hill
How Daniel Radcliffe Outran Harry Potter
He was the world’s most famous child star. Then he had to figure out what came next.
By Chris Heath
Why a Dog’s Death Hits So Hard
I loved my mom more than my dog. So why did I cry for him but not for her?
By Tommy Tomlinson
P.S.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Decoration Day,” published in The Atlantic in June 1882, pays tribute to what was then a new form of civic observance: a day set aside to commemorate those who had died in the Civil War. This custom eventually gave rise to our modern Memorial Day.
Shan Wang contributed to this newsletter.
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