“Most drugs are banned in the world of elite sports, but not here. In this competition—backed by Peter Thiel, Donald Trump Jr., and Saudi royalty—the athletes are guinea pigs. And if those backers have their way, you’re next.”
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Monumental Tiny News
“The triumph of Lucy Lippard’s El Puente, which is as engaged with the past of a New Mexican village as it is with daily life.”
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My Absolutely Chaotic Adventures at Sea During the Summer of 1984
“When we were offered jobs as deckhands, we jumped at the chance, naïve to the risks of the open sea.”
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The Twin Bandits
“The police couldn’t figure out how the perpetrator ripped off two banks at the same time. Until they discovered there wasn’t just one robber but a pair of them: identical twin brothers.”
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Richard Gadd On Life After Baby Reindeer
“With Baby Reindeer, Gadd turned a vulnerable, radically confessional story about surviving sexual abuse into the year’s most unlikely TV hit. That, it turns out, was the easy part.”
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The Texan Doctor and the Disappeared Saudi Princesses
“Four daughters in the royal family were kept drugged and imprisoned for almost two decades. A physician who tried to free them speaks out for the first time.”
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Between the Sheets at the College Excel Championships
“One of the most unusual — and fun — events in college sports is a high-stakes spreadsheeting competition in Las Vegas.”
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To Whom Does the World Belong?
“The legal battles over AI currently playing out—and the large number still to come—may profoundly impact the balance of wealth and power in countless democracies in the decades ahead.”
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‘Fill It With Reality’
“A girl from my home country told me such upsetting things about her life at her employers’ house that I swore to get to the bottom of it.”
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Working Black Friday in the Rich Part of Town
“To be a service worker is to be in constant deference to Karens, but in retail, a Karen can be anyone.”
