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10 MUST READS TODAY

Wednesday
January 16, 2019

1	Rising Stars

Rising Stars

Can She Keep Miami Beach Above the Rising Sea?

Scientists research and politicians make laws, but bureaucrats like Susanne Torriente are where the rubber meets the (raised) road.

Susanne Torriente didn’t discover her life’s passion on a Florida beach, embraced by blue-green waters. Her epiphany happened in one of the least glorious settings possible: the halls of county government.

It was 2008. Miami-Dade County had hired an expert to help the area adapt to a changing environment. The problem was no one could understand what the expert was saying. When someone complained to Torriente’s boss, he looked up through his reading glasses at his desk and airily assured them, “Don’t worry about it. Susy will supervise this.” Her first reaction: “Why me?” Her second: “Why not?”

2	True Story

True Story

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Tells Women: Build the Life You Want

As she embarks on a likely run for president, here’s a look at how the New York senator finds time for family.

“If people are willing to fight for what they believe in … anything can happen,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand tells OZY CEO Carlos Watson in this week’s episode of Breaking Big.

It took 10 years of working on other people’s campaigns before Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand worked up enough confidence to run herself. That’s typical for a lot of women, she says. But Gillibrand grew up surrounded by strong women — her grandmother, Polly Noonan, was a secretary in the New York State Legislature in Albany — who influenced her political ambitions. After law school, Gillibrand went into corporate law but quickly felt lost. Searching for more meaning in her life, she found inspiration when she heard Hillary Clinton call for more women to help make decisions in Washington, D.C.

Flashback

The Mysterious Plane Crash That Changed Pakistan

It took an unexplained air disaster to help this South Asian country shift from dictatorship to democracy.

The Pakistani Air Force plane had been in the air less than five minutes when it exploded on Aug. 17, 1988, killing all 30 passengers, including Pakistan’s president, a U.S. ambassador and the systems of power that had been ruling Pakistan for 11 years.

President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, 64, was returning from Bahawalpur, almost 400 miles south of the capital city, Islamabad, where he’d been paying his respects to a recently deceased American nun. With him on the plane were the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Arnold Raphel, and the top American military adviser to the region, Gen. Herbert M. Wassom. Most of Zia’s top commanders were also killed.

4	Need to Know

Will the Unusual Patrick Mahomes Take the Next Step to Greatness?

The Kansas City quarterback sensation with a Kermit-like voice takes on Tom Brady this weekend for a trip to the Super Bowl.

5	True Story

Bouncing Bill Murray

As a bouncer, you get used to seeing the not-so-seemly side of almost everyone at one point or another, but Bill Murray? Well … yeah.

6	Fast Forward

How Tackling Loneliness Offers Hope for Britain's Struggling NHS

Bespoke health solutions are showing that, with a little support, they could form the spine of Britain’s future health care system.

Good Sh*t

The Speakeasy That Lets You Choose Your Own Adventure

Take a trip back to the Roaring ’20s at this immersive-theater experience.

Acumen

A Tiny Country With Surprising Religious Diversity

You may have never heard of Suriname, but we could all learn a lot from its tradition of religious tolerance.

Flashback

President Eisenhower’s $14 Billion Heart Attack

JFK may have had his own checkered medical history, but his predecessor’s health proved far more precarious for the country.

10	Fast Forward

Millennials United: Labor Unions Enjoy a Youthful Surge

From nonprofits to digital newsrooms, Silicon Valley cafeterias to Hollywood writers’ rooms, unions are cropping up in unlikely places.

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