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The Woman Who Made Modern Journalism
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The Woman Who Made Modern Journalism

Ida Tarbell helped pioneer reportorial methods and investigative ambitions that are as potent today as ever.

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January - February 2020
The Myth Of Free Shipping
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The Myth Of Free Shipping

How retailers hide the costs of delivery—and why we’re such suckers for their ploys

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January - February 2020
Cool It, Krugman
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Cool It, Krugman

The self-sabotaging rage of the New York Times columnist

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January - February 2020
20,000 Feet Under The Sea
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20,000 Feet Under The Sea

The bottom of the ocean is as alien as Mars: a dark, mysterious place with purple octopuses, giant tube worms, and who knows what else. Mining companies are preparing to extract minerals that could wean the Earth from fossil fuels, but scientists have never explored many of the habitats they might destroy. The race between miners and scientists may determine the fate of the oceans, and the planet.

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January - February 2020
What Art Can Do
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What Art Can Do

The power of stories that are unshakably true

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December 2019
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Against Reconciliation

The gravest danger to American Democracy isn't an excess of vitriol –It's the false promise of civility.

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December 2019
Why It Feels Like Everything Is Going Haywire
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Why It Feels Like Everything Is Going Haywire

Social media rapidly changed how we communicate, in ways that destabilize democracy. What can we do about that?

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December 2019
How America Ends
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How America Ends

A tectonic demographic shift is under way. Can the country hold together?

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December 2019
Can This Marriage Be Saved?
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Can This Marriage Be Saved?

Applying the techniques of couples counseling to bring reds and blues back together again

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December 2019
Jeff Bezos's Master Plan
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Jeff Bezos's Master Plan

What he wants for his empire and himself, and what that means for the rest of us

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November 2019
Books – Boy, Uninterrupted
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Books – Boy, Uninterrupted

Ben Lerner, portraitist of talkative men, explores the roots of white male rage.

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October 2019
'Get a Weapon'
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'Get a Weapon'

When a veteran military man gave me that advice before I left to join U.S. forces in Baghdad, I thought he meant that I needed a way to protect myself from the enemy.

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October 2019
Gen X May Never Produce A President!
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Gen X May Never Produce A President!

Gen X may never produce a president. That’s bad news for Americans of all ages.

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October 2019
Why James Mattis Quit?
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Why James Mattis Quit?

“I Had No Choice But To Leave,” General James Mattis says of his decision to resign as President Trump’s Secretary of Defense.

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October 2019
Why Black Athletes Should Leave White Colleges
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Why Black Athletes Should Leave White Colleges

… and tear down the NCAA as we know it

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October 2019
Who Will Control The Next Generation Of The Trump Dynasty?
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Who Will Control The Next Generation Of The Trump Dynasty?

Inside the battle to control the next generation of the Trump dynasty

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October 2019
Misunderstanding Susan Sontag
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Misunderstanding Susan Sontag

Her beauty and celebrity eclipse the real source of her allure—her commitment to cool control.

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October 2019
Juanita Broaddrick, Found New Life As A Trump Defender
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Juanita Broaddrick, Found New Life As A Trump Defender

Juanita Broaddrick, who alleges that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978, has found new life as a Trump defender.

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October 2019
Can 5G Save The Planet?
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Can 5G Save The Planet?

Climate Change’s Unlikely Ally

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October 2019
The Secret Power Of Menopause
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The Secret Power Of Menopause

The end of fertility doesn’t mark the start of decline

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October 2019
When Medicaid Takes Everything You Own
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When Medicaid Takes Everything You Own

For many participants, The program that provides Health care To Millions of Low-Income Americans Isn't free. It's a loan. And the Government expects to be repaid.

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October 2019
In The Fall Of Rome, Good News For America
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In The Fall Of Rome, Good News For America

Why the decline of the federal government might not be such a bad thing

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October 2019
Broken Spies For A Broken
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Broken Spies For A Broken

Mick Herron is the John le Carré of the Brexit era.

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October 2019
It's Time For Congress To Judge The President's Fitness To Serve
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It's Time For Congress To Judge The President's Fitness To Serve

Starting the process will rein in a president who is undermining American ideals— and bring the debate about his fitness for office into Congress, where it belongs.

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March 2019
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Will Donald Trump Destroy The Presidency

He disdains the rule of law, He's trampling norms of presidential behavior. And he's bringing vital institutions down with him

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October 2017
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'May be We Have Swung Too Far Toward Being Empathetic'

Seth Meyers on impostor syndrome, Oprah 2020—and whether media elites try too hard to feel the pain of Trump voters

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June 2018
A Muslim Among The Settlers
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A Muslim Among The Settlers

What happens when a Pakistani American writer goes deep into the West Bank?

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June 2018
The audacious plan to save this man's life by transplanting his head
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The audacious plan to save this man's life by transplanting his head

And what would happen if it actually worksLike a little white Lazarus with red eyes, the paralyzed mouse was walking again.

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September 2016
Hidden Depths
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Hidden Depths

David Attenborough’s latest documentary gorgeously reveals the world’s oceans—and shows how badly we’re screwing them up.

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April 2018
Alec Baldwin Gets Under Trump's Skin
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Alec Baldwin Gets Under Trump's Skin

Comedy and tragedy in an age of political chaos

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May 2017