A profile of Fox News’ newest star, Megyn Kelly, and how her approach has brought praise from unlikely corners.
2015
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Band on the Brink
A year in the life of Nashville band The New Dylans as they navigate the business and the art of making music.
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How Patient Suicide Affects Psychiatrists
For mental-health practitioners whose clients kill themselves, the death of a patient is not just an emotional trauma: they can also face stigma from their colleagues and potential lawsuits.
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Really Old Stuff: A Reading List About Our Prehistoric Past
From an aspen colony that has been cloning itself for over 80,000 years to a coral reef fossilized eons ago, these stories bring to life irretrievable worlds and challenge our notions of time and durability.
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Really Old Stuff: A Reading List About Our Prehistoric Past
Four stories that take us millennia back into the past.
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The Sports Startup Being Sued for Nearly $500,000 by Its Former Employees
A sports startup called Sport195 hired workers at a rapid pace despite having no customers, revenue, users, or a clear business plan. When the paychecks stopped coming, its CEO told employees that he had two revenue sources lined up—none of which came to fruition.
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The Hunting of Billie Holiday
How the Federal Bureau of Narcotics—an early predecessor of the Drug Enforcement Administration—targeted jazz, and Lady Day herself.
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The Real Batman
The true creator of Batman never got his due, and now his granddaughter is fighting to correct history.
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A Germaphobe’s Guide to Buying a Metrocard
Writer and illustrator Aaron Reiss uses his germaphobia as a lens to explore why transit ticket kiosks work the way they do.
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How Ordinary Americans End Up in the State of the Union Address
My old boss is a sucker for good endings, and he would send us far and wide to find just the right anecdote. In 2011, a worker from a Pennsylvania firm whose drilling technology helped save the Chilean miners said, “We proved that Center Rock is a little company, but we do big things.” The President loved the quote, and turned it into an entire ending about American greatness and aspiration.