“The Carr family took in Steven Judy, hoping to ‘save’ a troubled teen. They didn’t know he would become one of the most hated men in America.”
Peter Rubin
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Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to ‘Trackflation’
“Four-minute miles are almost routine. Middle schoolers are beating college runners. Inside the youth track boom that’s turning kids and teens into speed machines.”
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The Looting of Science Fiction
“Tech titans claim the genre inspired them. But all they’ve done is graft their politics onto stories of a better future.”
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The Forgotten Bombing of LaGuardia Airport
“It’s been called ‘one of the greatest cold cases of the 20th century.’ It remains unsolved. But what happened next is almost a worse crime.”
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Silicon Valley Circuits
“Route 85 in California now inspires dread. Some of us remember when it was a vision of the future.”
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Tom Colicchio’s Final Service
“Through hosting two decades of Top Chef, writing four books, and opening restaurants across the country, the celebrity chef never stopped showing up to cook in the kitchen of Craft, his pioneering New York restaurant. Until he decided to close it.”
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On Description
“If a depiction only distinguishes one thing from another, what else is lost?”
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Middle of Somewhere
“One remote highway in Nevada links far-flung communities that attracted settlers for generations. Why are some still drawn there today?”
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Nobody Here Wants the Data Center: An Oral History
“We’ve gathered stories from all across the country detailing what happens when Big Tech’s latest monstrosities come to town.”