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Here are our favorite stories, podcasts, and videos from around the Web for the week of Aug. 10.

• Health and science editor Laura Helmuth likes …
  “When Our River Turned Orange” by Jonathan Thompson, High Country News
  “Great coverage of the gold mind drainage spill. Nine things to know.”

• Senior business and economics correspondent Jordan Weissmann likes …
  “What a $15 Minimum Wage Would Mean for Your City” by Noah Scheiber, New York Times
  “A nice rundown of why a $15 minimum probably isn't right for every city.”

• Staff writer Jamelle Bouie likes …
  “I Wasn’t Brought Here, I Was Born: Surviving Punk Rock Long Enough to Find Afropunk” by Hanif Abdurraqib, Pitchfork
  “This great Pitchfork piece reminded me that NOFX exists, along with their awful song ‘Don’t Call Me White.’ ”

• Staff writer Mark Joseph Stern likes …
  “It’s Time to End Prosecutorial Immunity” by Evan Bernick, Huffington Post
  “Prosecutors who break the law should be prosecuted like lawbreakers. Good piece on ending prosecutorial immunity.”

• Staff writer Alison Griswold likes …
  “How Parents Give Their Kids Math Anxiety” by Melissa Dahl, New York magazine
  “Crazy new study says you can get ‘math anxiety’ from your parents! Glad my non-math-anxious dad taught me square roots in elementary school.”