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Farewell, and Thanks, to a Man Who Kept Kids Safe
“When they lost their beloved crossing guard, the students at Avenues The World School — Spider-Man, Wilder, Miss Seattle and the rest — paid tribute in cocoa and chalk.”
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Zackery Died After Climbing on Top of a Subway Train. Who Is to Blame?
“Norma Nazario didn’t understand what had motivated her 15-year-old son to climb on top of a train one evening. Then she found his phone.”
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Ripples of Hate
“A chance encounter at N.Y. playground leaves a father asking, ‘What is justice now?’”
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Signs of Ghosts
What do we do when there are whole cities full of ghosts, each one with their own unique story to tell, each one with something left undone?
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How American Camouflage Conquered the World
“The world-famous MultiCam pattern was designed for the military by two Brooklyn hipsters. Now everyone—from babies to ICE agents—is suited up for battle.”
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I Mean, Why Shouldn’t We All Smoke Cigarettes Again?
“We quit our bad habits for the sake of our future selves. How naïve of us.”
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The Last Great Weed Smuggler
“Before the cartels took over, Harvey Prager built a life on millions of dollars of drug money. One prosecutor called Prager ‘the last of the great amateurs.’ This is his story.”
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Beyond the Machine
“I want to frame the technology more like an instrument, and get away from GenAI as an intelligence, an ideology, a tool, a crutch, or a weapon.”
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The Firefighter With O.C.D. and the Vaccine He Believed Would Kill Him
“For years, Timmy Reen tried to hide his compulsions and rituals from everyone at his New York City firehouse — until his secret was forced out in the open.”
