Survivor No. 3
Last summer, 12-year-old Kali Hardig went swimming in a water park in Arkansas and became infected with the waterborne parasite Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba. She became one of the few who has survived the infection.
A Damned Paradise
Human rights attorney Mario Joseph and Tourism Minister Stéphanie Villedrouin are both trying to improve Haiti, but they are following radically different paths. One wants justice, the other wants tourists.
Islands in the Stream
The Bee Gees were pop music geniuses whose work in 1978 “accounted for 2 percent of the entire record industry’s profits.” Yet they were still underappreciated—and also still capable of making ill-conceived creative decisions.
One of a Kind
Seth Mnookin reports the story of how one couple, Matt Might and Cristina Casanova, worked with researchers to diagnose their son’s disease and connect with other families whose children also had the same genetic disorder. Mnookin’s story also exposes some of the problems within the cloistered research community. We featured Might’s story about his search to diagnose his son’s disease in 2012.
West Philadelphia, Reborn and Razed
Can a university step in where a city fell down? John Fry, the president of Drexel University, is out to prove just that.
My Runaway Childhood
After an abuse-filled upbringing, the author left home for good at thirteen, legally emancipated herself from her mother, and had to take control of her own life.
Tempest In a Test Tube
Vanessa Grigoriadis on the complicated, high profile custody battle between actor Jason Patric and his ex-girlfriend Danielle Schreiber.
The Forgotten Internment
The little-known story of the U.S. internment of Alaska’s indigenous Aleut people during World War II: “‘She’s right. My wife is right. We were treated like animals.'”
Ship’s Fare
From Gourmet Magazine, a discussion of the advent of cuisine at sea, as well as the author’s personal experiences dining on the high seas.
Lessons from America’s War for the Greater Middle East
A historical look at how we ended up waging war in the Middle East—starting with Jimmy Carter more than 30 years ago—and how we continue to misunderstand what “winning” even means.
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