“When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.”
Krista Stevens
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North Korea Stole Your Job
“For years, North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever.”
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We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
“What illness taught me about true friendship.”
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The Gospel of Change
“Traveling in an RV empowers a seeker to make peace with an ever-evolving world.”
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The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
“And many people with the condition are cared for at home.”
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Losers Keepers
“Better to imagine some subterranean Gollum crooning over my memories than to accept them being lost completely.”
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Building a Nest
“Lauren Markham and Jenny Odell discuss people, books, and places as inspiration; grief and the creative process; and the conscious attention required by climate crisis.”
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The Alabama Landline That Keeps Ringing
“Auburn University’s help desk is still answering the public’s calls 70 years on.”
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On Compost
“I now ignore compost orthodoxy in favour of this one rule: ingredients must have been living (or, like paper, be made from something living)”
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To Steal a Whale Bone
“There’s something about the thrill of discovery that can make a person believe what they’ve found is theirs now—to claim, to guard, to name.”