“The work the artist made near the end of his life changed my understanding of both beauty and suffering.”
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Where Camels Take to the Sea
“In Gujarat, India, a special breed of camel is not constrained by land—but it cannot escape the many forces of change.”
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Mark in the Middle
“There was no obvious way to placate liberal employees and conservative users at the same time.” Casey Newton reports on the dynamics inside Facebook and shares a series of leaked audio recordings from internal meetings this summer.
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The Children of 9/11 Are About to Vote
“What the youngest cohort of American voters thinks about politics, fear and the potential of the country they’ve grown up in.”
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‘Our Foster Child Asked Us to Adopt Him – By Drawing Himself on to a Family Photo’
The story of how, after years of difficulty, George finally found his family.
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The Election That Could Break America
“If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?”
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The Slow, Troubling Death of the Autopsy
Doctors make mistakes. The true cause of a person’s death is often complicated and unclear. “Why you should get an autopsy if it’s the last thing you do.”
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One Man’s Trash
“Two new books reveal the meaning latent in the junk we collect.”
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‘I picked up a drink and casually set fire to my life’: how addiction nearly destroyed me
“Find a job, lose the job, go to jail: Guardian reporter Mario Koran found himself in a dangerous cycle. But behind bars, he discovered a new purpose.”
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The Cheating Scandal That Ripped the Poker World Apart
“Mike Postle was on an epic winning streak at a California casino. Veronica Brill thought he had to be playing dirty. Let the chips fall where they may.”