He can’t feel pain. She feels as if her body is constantly on fire. A genetic link connects them both.
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Ray Spencer Didn’t Molest His Kids. So Why Did He Spend 20 Years in Prison for It?
Ray Spencer spent nearly half his life in prison, convicted of raping his own children. It’s a crime he doesn’t remember committing, and as adults, his grown children began questioning their own memories and set out to find justice for their father.
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White Men
What do we get from our parents? An inheritance always comes with a tax. This essay is part of new collaboration with our friends at Topic.
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From a Hawk to a Dove
Vietnam Veteran Ray Cocks, who’d eagerly enlisted in 1967, was forever changed by the realities of war.
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Millennial to Millionaire: Stop Blaming Avocado Toast for Why We’re Not Buying Houses
A millionaire falsely argues that millennials aren’t buying homes because they’re financially irresponsible.
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Snow, Death and Politics
While snowed in on the West Coast, Frances Badalamenti grapples alone with her father’s death on the other side of what feels like a dying country.
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The (Re)selling of Maria Sharapova
On the longevity of Maria Sharapova, who has built a brand beyond the bounds of her tennis stardom that has made her incredibly wealthy, but still striving for more.
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Pills and Thrills and Daffodils
Years before Prince died of an overdose, his music provided a lifeline for Eva Tenuto.
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America’s Most Political Food
Maurice Bessinger founded a popular South Carolina barbecue restaurant called the Piggie Park that was “worth driving a hundred miles for.” He was also a Confederate flag-waving white supremacist. Civil rights groups led boycotts against the Piggie Park for decades, but after Bessinger died and his children put away the flags, people wondered whether it […]
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End Pain Forever
Steven Pete has a rare neurological condition that makes him unable to feel pain. Pam Costa has the opposite neurological condition — she feels pain constantly, as if her body is on fire. They both share a genetic link that has helped scientists understand why we experience pain and how to treat it.