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Here Are Our Favorite Reads From Around the Web This Week

Here Are Our Favorite Reads From Around the Web This Week

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April 30 2015 12:38 PM
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What We Like Right Now

Our favorite picks for the week of April 27, curated by Slate writers and editors.

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Here are our favorite stories, podcasts, and videos from around the Web for the week of April 27.

  • Photo editor Juliana Jiménez Jaramillo likes
    Rent-a-Foreigner in China” by David Borenstein, New York Times
    “White people pose as celebrities for housing devs in China to boost flagging property sales.”
  • Staff writer Jamelle Bouie likes
    “Game of Fear”
    by Zachary Jason, Boston magazine
    Boston magazine profiles the monster who helped spark ‘Gamergate.’ ”
  • Assistant editor Miriam Krule likes
    Crying It Out in Japan” by Patrick St. Michel, Atlantic
    “Bets on which Brooklyn bar will host the first communal rui-katsu, or ‘tear seeking’?”