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The Little-Known Athens, Georgia, Band That Taught Its Town How to Make Art and Music Together

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When We Faced Him

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The Life-Threatening “Ride” That Action Park Actually Decided to Abandon

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Why Soros Is the Right’s Favorite Immigration Boogeyman

Emily Tamkin

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Online Criminal Records Trap Americans in a Purgatory of Digital Punishment

Sarah Esther Lageson

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Elite Poker Players Love This Gambling Guessing Game

Maria Konnikova

June 23, 2020 9:00 AM
What Do We Know About the Neolithic-Age Woman Who Invented Leavened Bread?

Cody Cassidy

May 04, 2020 5:50 AM
Parenting During Apocalyptic Times Somehow Cured Me of Pessimism

Mark O'Connell

April 14, 2020 5:45 AM
The Mental Illness on Hidden Valley Road Didn’t Excuse the Abuse

Robert Kolker

April 08, 2020 5:55 AM
Babe Ruth Caught the 1918 Flu—Twice

Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith

March 26, 2020 10:56 AM
Changing One’s Name Has Been Difficult Since Biblical Times

Danny M. Lavery

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Never Do That to a Book

Anne Fadiman

Feb 04, 2020 2:38 PM
Let’s Not Forget: Donald Trump Still Has the Power to Destroy the World

Fred Kaplan

Jan 26, 2020 7:00 PM
Ubering Through Humanity’s Destruction of the Earth

Christopher Schaberg

Dec 12, 2019 7:30 AM
The Married Rock Band Manager, CBGB, 1978

Amy Rigby

Nov 22, 2019 7:30 AM
It Is Alarmingly Easy to Trick Image Recognition Systems

Janelle Shane

Nov 05, 2019 5:50 AM
How the Worst Cyberattack in History Hit American Hospitals

Andy Greenberg

Nov 05, 2019 5:40 AM
A Beautiful, Decadeslong Romance Defined by Luck—Both Good and Bad

Gene Weingarten

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The Lawsuit That Changed Donald Trump’s Life

James D. Zirin

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On Whining

Dan Kois

Sept 17, 2019 5:45 AM