“When a gunman killed two of her students, Ivy Schamis was the only adult in the room. Her journey through guilt and healing sheds light on the impossible role of American teachers.”
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The Nazi of Oak Park
“It was a stunning revelation: A respected high school custodian had been a concentration camp guard. This excerpt of a new book examines how the disclosure of a dark secret in the early ’80s divided a suburb.”
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In Defense of Despair
“The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be.”
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The Poetry Fan Who Taught an LLM to Read and Write DNA
“By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s ‘ChatGPT for genomes’ could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating biological design.”
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I Lost My Son to Addiction. No, Privilege Didn’t Protect Him
“He had a loving family, financial support, and the best treatment. He fell victim to an overdose anyway.”
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What Happens to a School Shooter’s Sister?
“Twenty-five years ago, Kristin Kinkel’s brother, Kip, killed their parents and opened fire at their high school. Today, she is close with Kip—and still reckoning with his crimes.”
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This Is the Secret System That Covers Up Police Misconduct — and Ensures Problem Officers Can Get Hired Again
“Behind locked drawers of file cabinets, in police departments all over California, sit documents no one is supposed to see.”
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The Urban Legend That Won’t Die on This Deadly Bay Area Highway
“According to local legend, the ghost of a San Francisco girl who was killed in a car crash returns to the site of her death every year, popping into drivers’ back seats in an attempt to hitch a ride back to the city.”
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The Ramen Lord
“It is cooking that veers into the domain of laboratory science.”
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The Librarian Who Couldn’t Take It Anymore
“She loved books. And in a time of spreading book bans in public schools, that’s why this Florida librarian had to quit.”
