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Seyward Darby

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Seeking to Solve the Arctic’s Biggest Mystery, They Ended Up Trapped in Ice at the Top of the World

by Seyward Darby August 29, 2023July 26, 2023

“In 1847, Sir John Franklin and a crew of 128 men disappeared while searching for the fabled Northwest Passage. A National Geographic team sought to find evidence of their fate—but the Arctic doesn’t give up its secrets easily.”

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Frank Smith Was Locked Up for Eight Decades. At 98, What Would It Mean to Be Free?

by Seyward Darby August 22, 2023July 24, 2023

“Likely the longest-serving prisoner in America, he’s been paroled into a Connecticut nursing home. But he’s still not out.”

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Slavery Reparations Are Coming

by Seyward Darby August 15, 2023July 25, 2023

“A historic global movement gains power in Barbados.”

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He’s The Trans Son Of An Anti-Trans Influencer. It’s His Turn To Speak.

by Seyward Darby August 8, 2023July 24, 2023

“Renton Sinclair’s mother is a former Miss Illinois who wants to force trans people out of public life. That’s exactly what makes her a rising star in MAGA World.”

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Ahead of Time

by Seyward Darby August 1, 2023July 24, 2023

“On poetry and mourning.”

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“A Certain Danger Lurks There”

by Seyward Darby July 26, 2023July 26, 2023

“How the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI.”

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Who Walks Always Beside You?

by Seyward Darby July 24, 2023July 24, 2023

“A disappearance in Arkansas.”

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My Impossible Mission to Find Tom Cruise

by Seyward Darby July 21, 2023August 1, 2023

“The action star has gone to great lengths to avoid the press for more than a decade. But maybe our writer could track him down anyway?”

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The Balkans’ Alternative Postal System: An Ad-Hoc Courier’s Tale

by Seyward Darby July 19, 2023July 19, 2023

“Across this fractured region, informal networks rule. So if you need to send something, ask someone who’s already going that way.”

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Jacked

by Seyward Darby July 19, 2023July 19, 2023

“How Tulsa cops brought down a $500 million catalytic converter crime ring.”

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