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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

Sidney's Picks: Seventy Miles in Hell

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Darién forest, by Steelman2004Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News

  • A reporter joins migrants on a harrowing journey through the Darién Gap. (Atlantic) 
     
  • The grifting CEO of a bankrupt hospital chain that neglected patients dodges criminal investigations. (Prospect) 
     
  • Hidden cameras reveal how a co-author of Project 2025 is preparing to shape a second Trump term. (CNN, ProPublica)
     
  • In a warming world, deaths from extreme heat have just only begun. (NY Mag) 
     
  • San Francisco leads the nation in the race to save local news. (NYT)