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10 MUST READS TODAY

Thursday
Aug 29, 2019

1	Rising Stars

Rising Stars

The Nun Who Was Banished for Learning to Drive

Sister Lucy Kalapura spoke out against a bishop accused of rape. Then the Catholic Church expelled her … for driving, they said.

Every time Sister Lucy Kalapura attempts to start her “automatic” Maruti Suzuki, it screeches to a halt. Wry amusement covers her face as she pulls out the key — the face of Jesus Christ dangles from the keychain — and gets out of the driver’s seat. “To think the car would give up on me when I have to fight the toughest fight of my life because of it. Funny, right?” quips the 53-year-old nun from the Franciscan Clarist Congregation of the Catholic Church of Kerala.

A year after Kalapura rose to prominence as one of the main faces of the protests by nuns in India demanding the arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal — he is accused of raping a nun from the Punjab-based Missionaries of Jesus — her congregation dismissed her for “learning to drive a car, taking a loan to buy a car and publishing a collection of poems,” according to a letter it sent her.

Opinion

Recession Recipe for Success? Go Remote

The world of finance is all about working in offices from 9 to 5 and beyond. To survive the next recession, firms must get flexible.

You’re the boss … and your two-person finance team is falling apart. After just 18 months on the job, the young man who handles receivables and payables — and who took nearly six months to train — has decided to backpack around Asia and has given notice. His colleague is six months pregnant. Your chief financial officer search, meanwhile, has been ongoing for a year, and the seat remains glaringly empty.

Keeping finance machines well-oiled is a tough gig in any business. Combine that with new concerns over the possibility of a global recession taking hold — which will invariably make people less likely to job-hop — and that inability to fill seats becomes doubly concerning.

3	Fast Forward

Fast Forward

Venezuela's Starvation Crisis Is a Permanent Brain Drain

Widespread hunger is threatening to hobble the nation for decades — whoever rules it.

The graffiti scrawled across a wall in Caracas is short but heartfelt. “Tengo hambre,” it reads: “I am hungry.”

It is a cry increasingly heard across Venezuela. As Socialist President Nicolás Maduro and Western-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó battle for the country’s future amid an economic collapse that has sparked severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine, millions of people are going hungry for extended periods and risking long-term damage to their health, humanitarian organizations have warned. The Trump administration’s decision earlier this month to impose a near total economic embargo on the country is likely to make the crisis worse, according to Latin American civil society groups.

The Highest Paying Cashback Card Has Hit the Market

Using a credit card is a fact of life — from buying groceries to online purchases to rideshares. So why not get cash for spending it? Instead of a regular credit card that might offer you rewards or travel points, cash-back cards give you a chance to earn actual money to spend however you’d like.

But how do you choose from all the cash-back cards on the market? Easy: The one that offers:

$200 automatically after spending $1,000 in the first 90 days.
Get 3% cash back on every category we love, including dining, travel, online shopping, gas, home improvement, or drug stores.
3% back on giants like Amazon, Expedia, Ticketmaster, Etsy, eBay, and more.
No annual fee AND NOW 0% interest for 15 months (told you we had more perks).

Bottom line: There’s cash back waiting for you, so stop waiting and start earning.

Flashback

Innovation, Integration and the Birth of Modern College Football

A half-century ago, Black talent changed the complexion of the game — and opened up offenses.

5	True Story

The Dark(er) Side of the Hurricane Katrina Conspiracies

Peering beneath the surface of this cataclysm, there were persistent untruthful narratives.

Good Sh*t

Why the Oldest Operating Street in Cairo Is a Secret Historical Gem

Al-Muizz Street has the largest collection of medieval architecture in the Islamic world, but most people don’t know it exists.

7	Fast Forward

Can the Clinical Trial System Be Cured in Time to Save Lives?

Laboratories, research initiatives and companies are partnering to ease access to clinical trials.

Opinion

Let's Face It: North Korea Is Hanging On to Its Nukes

OZY columnist and former CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin argues there’s no chance Kim Jong Un denuclearizes. So now what?

9	Provocateurs

This New Yorker Is Reviving Jewish Life in Krakow

Poland’s Jews were nearly wiped out during World War II; he’s doing his part to grow the Jewish community there.

Flashback

When Spinsters Couldn't Get Credit

They held jobs, earned a living and helped pay the bills. But that didn’t give them the right to have credit cards.

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