Eryn Loeb recalls the tiny, decrepit tenement where she lived for a decade, and the cool aunt who passed it on to her.
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The Way We Treat Our Pets Is More Paleolithic Than Medieval
Hunter-gatherers tended to think of pets as part of the family, and so do we. But in other time periods, intimacy with animals has been more taboo.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Story
Hoffnung um jeden Preis
Privatkliniken in Deutschland verkaufen Krebspatienten Hoffnung zu Höchstpreisen — mit durchwachsenem Erfolg.
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The Last Resort
Private clinics in Germany sell cancer patients hope — and mixed results — at exorbitant prices. Some, like the Hallwang Clinic, cater primarily to foreigners.
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Seeking a Roadmap for the New American Middle Class
Could Starbucks become the new General Motors? Or could the American worker make it even better?
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Death Rattle: The Body’s Betrayals
Since my father’s death, I dream about descents and falls. How, without warning, gravity has you in its grip.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story, Travel
The Island that Disappeared
An Englishman searches for what’s left of Providence, a failed Puritan colony in the Caribbean.
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Use and Abuse
Amy Long on how it feels to fight for the man you don’t want.
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‘Forgive Yourself. And Forgive Me.’
Alice Driver considers what lessons to take from a late uncle’s life.
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The Friend That Got Away
Beverly Donofrio looks back on a friendship she hadn’t expected to make — or to lose.