“In the wilds of South Africa’s Northern Cape, poaching ‘green diamonds’ has become an almost irresistible temptation.”
Krista Stevens
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The Private Firefighters On Call for the Californians Who Can Afford Them
“I had people calling me, ‘If I write you a check right now for a million dollars, will you come to my house?’ says Andrew Sarvis of West Coast Water Tenders.”
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The Strange Power of Laughter
“An anthropologist explores laughter as a far more complex phenomenon than simple delight—reflecting on its surprising power to disturb and disrupt.”
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The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real
“The inside story of the teenager whose ‘swatting’ calls sent armed police racing into hundreds of schools nationwide—and the private detective who tracked him down.”
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My All-Nighter in a Vanishing World: the 24-Hour Diner
“New York may be losing its identity as the city that doesn’t sleep, but the motley guests at Kellogg’s Diner show the spirit is still wide awake.”
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The Only Narcan Vending Machine in Alabama
“How Walker County is confronting the next phase of the opioid crisis.”
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What Lies Beneath
“This is the grand Tahoe experiment: if we throw the book at aquatic invasives, can we, as the bumper stickers say, Keep Tahoe Blue?”
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Translator’s Notes
“In this personal essay, translator Nathan Dize discovers striking links between the fiction he translates and his own family history.”
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Object Relations
“In Vermont, a person is not beholden to the restrictions of private property: anyone may walk anywhere, pass through anyone’s land.”
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Puzzle Politics
“Often dismissed as frivolous games, crosswords can be a force for change.”