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Here are our favorite stories, podcasts, and videos from around the Web for the week of Sep. 14.

• Science columnist Jason Bittel likes …
  “A Hunting Ban Saps a Village’s Livelihood” by Norimitsu Onishi, the New York Times
  “An important piece on the complexities of conservation.”

• Culture editor Dan Kois likes …
  “Craft Talk Nobody Asked For” by Justin Taylor, Bomb Magazine
  “The close read of a S. Lipsyte graf a) is great b) suggests my grafs would not survive this treatment.”

• Slatest editor Ben Mathis-Lilley likes …
  “Inside the Crazy, Back-Channel Negotiations That Revolutionized Our Relationship With Cuba” by Peter Kornbluh and William M. Leogrande, Mother Jones
  “Another rec—nitty-gritty piece about the many meetings, phone calls, letters, etc. that got the Cuba deal done.”

• Health and science editor Laura Helmuth likes …
  “12 Theories of How We Became Human, and Why They’re All Wrong” by Mark Strauss, National Geographic
  “Oh, this is fun—what separates humans from other animals? Basically nothing.”

• Chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie likes …
  “Bait and Switch” by Clare Malone, Harper's
  “You should read this beautiful piece on migrant women workers in Qatar. It’s really great.”

• Science, medicine, and environment writer Brian Palmer likes …
  “How Inefficient Climate Policies Can Build Support for Efficient Ones” by David Roberts, Vox
  “Forget picking winners and losers in climate policy. Let’s just pick winners, says David Roberts, and watch them flourish.”

• Columnist Reihan Salam likes …
  “Hey Liberals, #IStandwithAhmed Isn't Only About Racism. It's About School Zero Tolerance Insanity” by Robby Soave, Reason
  “A pretty reasonable point regarding Ahmed Mohamed and zero-tolerance school discipline policies.”