11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/25/arts/11-of-our-best-weekend-reads.html

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Welcome to the weekend. It’s been a week of wild weather and verbal jabs in Washington. Now aren’t we all looking forward to a day off? On Memorial Day we honor those who’ve died serving our country, and we gather with friends and family for the unofficial start of summer. Here are some great reads for you and yours.

Thousands of immigrants who were chasing the dream of owning a New York taxi were trapped in reckless loans by bankers who made huge profits, The Times found.

[Also read: “As Thousands of Taxi Drivers Were Trapped in Loans, Top Officials Counted the Money” and “Inquiries Into Reckless Loans to Taxi Drivers Ordered by State Attorney General and Mayor.”]

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She still needed an abortion.

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For the nation’s estimated 200,000 Jews, new forms of old hatreds are stoking fear.

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For her next act, the pop star will become the first black woman in charge of a major luxury fashion house in Paris.

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Isabella de la Houssaye raised her five children on adventure. Then came a brutal diagnosis, and a burning desire for a final journey with each one.

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The Times’s critics on what they look forward to diving into this summer.

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With “Game of Thrones” behind her, Ms. Turner has a new home, a new husband and a new movie, “Dark Phoenix,” that might make her the biggest thing to come out of Westeros.

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More than 20 years after war upended this breathtakingly beautiful land in the Balkans, a writer explores her faith, and the challenges of history.

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The idea of economic amends for past injustices and persistent disparities is getting renewed attention. Here are some formulas for achieving the aim.

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Gentrifying neighborhoods are a key reason behind the vermin outbreak, which extends beyond New York — Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles are also confronting outbreaks.

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After Bruce Lee popularized nunchucks, lawmakers and the police clamped down on the weapons. Decades later, those regulations are being revisited.

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