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Too Cute to Fail
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Too Cute to Fail

Koalas are threatened by climate change, cars, and chlamydia. Can Australia find a way to protect its most beloved animal?

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July - August 2024
THE FIRST THREE MONTHS
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THE FIRST THREE MONTHS

What I saw inside the government’s response to COVID-19

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July - August 2024
THE VALLEY
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THE VALLEY

Searching for the future in the most American city

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July - August 2024
THE AIRPORT-LOUNGE ARMS RACE
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THE AIRPORT-LOUNGE ARMS RACE

Inside the ever more extravagant competition to lure affluent travelers

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June 2024
Hypochondria Never Dies
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Hypochondria Never Dies

The diagnosis is officially gone, but health anxiety is everywhere.

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June 2024
Miranda July's Weird Road Trip
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Miranda July's Weird Road Trip

The author's midlife-crisis novel is full of estrangement, eroticism, and whimsy.

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June 2024
The Wild Blood Dynasty
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The Wild Blood Dynasty

What a little-known family reveals about the nation's untamed spirit

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June 2024
The Engrossing Darkness of The Crow
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The Engrossing Darkness of The Crow

Can a cult hit point the way forward for the beleaguered comic-book movie?

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June 2024
The Godfather of American Comedy
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The Godfather of American Comedy

The funniest people on the planet think there's no funnier person than Albert Brooks.

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June 2024
The History My Family Left Behind
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The History My Family Left Behind

A gun, a lynching, and an exodus from Mississippi

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June 2024
Ozempic or Bust
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Ozempic or Bust

America has been trying to address the obesity epidemic for four decades now. So far, each new \"solution\" has failed to live up to its early promise.

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June 2024
THE ART OF SURVIVAL
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THE ART OF SURVIVAL

In living with cancer, Suleika Jaouad has learned to wrench meaning from our short time on Earth.

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June 2024
DEMOCRACY IS LOSING THE PROPAGANDA WAR
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DEMOCRACY IS LOSING THE PROPAGANDA WAR

AUTOCRATS IN CHINA, RUSSIA, AND ELSEWHERE ARE NOW MAKING COMMON CAUSE WITH MAGA REPUBLICANS TO DISCREDIT LIBERALISM AND FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD.

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June 2024
Before Facebook, There Was BlackPlanet
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Before Facebook, There Was BlackPlanet

An alternative history of the social web

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May 2024
After the Miracle
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After the Miracle

Cystic fibrosis once guaranteed an early deathbut a medical breakthrough has given many patients a chance to live decades longer than expected. What do they do now?

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April 2024
WILLIAM WHITWORTH 1937-2024
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WILLIAM WHITWORTH 1937-2024

WILLIAM WHITWORTH, the editor of The Atlantic from 1980 to 1999, had a soft voice and an Arkansas accent that decades of living in New York and New England never much eroded.

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May 2024
Christine Blasey Ford Testifies Again
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Christine Blasey Ford Testifies Again

Her new memoir doubles as a modern-day horror story.

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May 2024
Is Theo Von the Next Joe Rogan?
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Is Theo Von the Next Joe Rogan?

Or is he something else entirely?

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May 2024
Orwell's Escape
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Orwell's Escape

Why the author repaired to the remote Isle of Jura to write his masterpiece, 1984

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May 2024
What's So Bad About Asking Where Humans Came From?
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What's So Bad About Asking Where Humans Came From?

Human origin stories have often been used for nefarious purposes. That doesn't mean they are worthless.

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May 2024
Miranda's Last Gift
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Miranda's Last Gift

When our daughter died suddenly, she left us with grief, memories and Ringo.

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May 2024
CLASH OF THE PATRIARCHS
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CLASH OF THE PATRIARCHS

A hard-line Russian bishop backed by the political might of the Kremlin could split the Orthodox Church in two.

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May 2024
THE MAN WHO DIED FOR THE LIBERAL ARTS
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THE MAN WHO DIED FOR THE LIBERAL ARTS

Chugging through Pacific waters in February 1942, the USS Crescent City was ferrying construction equipment and Navy personnel to Pearl Harbor, dispatched there to assist in repairing the severely damaged naval base after the Japanese attack.

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May 2024
The Great Serengeti Land Grab
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The Great Serengeti Land Grab

How Gulf princes, wealthy tourists, and conservation groups displacing the Maasai people

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May 2024
Saint Dismas
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Saint Dismas

Carlito held one end of the rope, Omar the other.

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April 2024
Why Do Animals Play?
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Why Do Animals Play?

Scientists want an evolutionary explanation. But maybe the answer is simply: Its fun.

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April 2024
The Insider
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The Insider

Is Kara Swisher tearing down tech billionaires—or burnishing their legends?

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April 2024
A Bloody Retelling of Huckleberry Finn
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A Bloody Retelling of Huckleberry Finn

Percival Everett transforms Mark Twain’ classic.

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April 2024
THE SECRET GOSPEL
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THE SECRET GOSPEL

A Columbia history professor claimed that he discovered a sacred text with shocking details about the life of Jesus. Was it real?

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April 2024
JODIE FOSTER'S LIFE ON-SCREEN
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JODIE FOSTER'S LIFE ON-SCREEN

SINCE CHILDHOOD, SHE'S STRUGGLED WITH ONE QUESTION: HOW MUCH DOES SHE WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW HER?

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April 2024