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Weekly Wrap 9.11.15: The 10 Best Stories You Missed This Week

1. The Ecology of Trauma: Resilience in a Post-9/11 Nation

"What within the fabric of our national identity has forever been changed? Have we responded in a way that moves us towards recovery and healing or further disrepair? Perhaps what is important here is not to attempt to answer these questions, but simply to consider them."

2. Forget The Redistribution Of Wealth: Let’s Redistribute Neighborhoods

"Growing up poor in the U.S. isn’t always a life sentence to poverty. But growing up poor in a very poor neighborhood is much closer to one."

3. Cult Week

A weeklong series of reported essays on belief, zeal, and creed, from Bikram yoga to frat life. “‘But’—you're asking—‘do I belong to a cult?’ To which American media says, probably, yes.”

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