“A Chinese man hired a Florida surrogate, then didn’t pick up his kids, sparking a custody battle that could upend the industry.”
Seyward Darby
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Rachel Aviv: Mother and Daughter
“An interview with the author of ‘Strangers to Ourselves’—and now, ‘You Won’t Get Free of It.'”
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Parting Shot
“Stormy Morse lost two partners to gun suicide. Then the NRA came to collect.”
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‘We Were Simply Animals’
“What happens to the disappeared in Mexico’s narco-slavery camps.”
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Gaza’s Deadly Soil
“Amid tight Israeli restrictions, new remote research is starting to make visible the scale of toxic fallout across the Gaza Strip.”
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Johnny Knoxville, America’s God of Mischief
“What moves the star of ‘Jackass’ to risk his life for our entertainment? A very serious investigation.”
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Her Rape Kit Had a DNA Match. In San Francisco, That’s Not Enough.
“SFPD cleared 14% of rape cases last year—half the national rate. The Standard found that kits get tested fast, then cases get quietly shelved.”
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Idaho Pushed Anti-Trans Laws for Years. Then a Teen Died.
“The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.”
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Isolated, Scared, Forlorn: The Heartbreaking Final Months of Virginia Giuffre’s Life
“Virginia Giuffre made global headlines for her fight against her sexual abusers among the wealthy elite, all detailed in a bestselling memoir. Now new questions have emerged about the private anguish she faced at home.”