These conservatives are hoping to rally Republican voters around global warming in a way that gets the GOP to finally listen.
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The Barkley Marathons: Toeing the Line Between “Extreme Sports” and “Prank”
The Barkley Marathon is five 20+ mile loops that runners must navigate in under 60 hours. Sarah Barker explores the event and the people who attempt this race-slash-ordeal.
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A Mystery Wrapped in an Engima, Then Shoved Under the Desk
Waste paper baskets: deeply symbolic, paradoxical items. Who knew?
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‘Hopely I’ll See You Again’: An Unlikely but Wonderful Love Affair
Noah Cho ruminates on why his blond, all-American mother chose his “barely bilingual” Korean father.
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‘Women and Girls Were Not Jumping Up and Down to be Interviewed’: Rukmini Callamichi on Interviewing ISIS Sex Slaves
The New York Times correspondent tells the story behind the story to Columbia Journalism Review.
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The Inevitable and Magical Life of Beverly Cleary, All 101 Years of It
The beloved creator of Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins enters her second century.
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Why Dylan Matthews Donated His Kidney to a Stranger and You Should Too
At Vox, Matthews recounts the the long and rewarding process of donating a kidney to a perfect stranger.
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In the 1970s, It Was The Police That Made Made Detroit’s Streets Deadly
A special police unit terrorized the innocent and murdered the unarmed in the years after Detroit’s race riots.
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What it Means to be Korean in the West
While searching for a Korean radish to make her grandmother’s soup, Vivien Lee meditates on family and food.
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Amazon’s New Stores Aren’t Happy to See You Either
As the company begins its bookstore expansion, a joyless retail experience awaits.