“A veteran reporter looks back on when he was laid off from his newspaper gig and instead of taking a dead-end desk job turned to running van loads of marijuana across state lines.”
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A Storefront For Robots
“The SEO arms race has left Google and the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other.”
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American Nationalist
An epic three-part series documenting how Tucker Carlson became America’s most racist cable TV host, and the heir apparent to Trumpism: Like Mr. Trump, he is a winking pugilist who rails against elites even as he shapes a movement. Mr. Carlson likes to address his audience directly: “You” are decent, generous, deserving. “They” — the […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Showcasing stories from Megan O’Grady, Alexander Sammon, Alaina Demopoulos, Blair Braverman, and Jack Crosbie.
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A New Leaf: A Post-Legalization Cannabis Reading List
Five stories demonstrating how the green rush nurtured the best and worst that U.S. capitalism had to offer.
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Smoking: A Legal Weed Reading List
The economy, the culture, and the promise of cannabis.
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Palliative Brownies
“I grew up in the grip of the epidemic, maturing as people I adored as surrogate aunties and uncles fell ill and vanished from our lives.”
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The Spectacular Explosion of Cannabis’ Ambitious Startup MedMen
This is how part of cannabis industry came down from its high.
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‘Joe Biden Reeks of Decency’
“Joey is going to be President someday. He was made to be in the White House. There is no one else who can lead the country. Just you wait and see.”
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Around The Pit
Circling billions of gallons of toxic water at America’s largest Superfund site.
