“When Domenic Broccoli set out to expand his IHOP empire upstate, he didn’t expect to find a grave site—or start a war.”
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Ice Cream, with a Swirl of History
The humble dessert’s surprising role in war, organized crime, and more.
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The Last Stand of the Call-Centre Worker
“AI is poised to eliminate customer-service agents. We’ll miss them when they’re gone.”
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The Divorce Tapes
“My family knew that my father had been tapping the phone lines. Only later would I discover the secrets the recordings contained.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Showcasing stories from William Finnegan, Meghan Flaherty, Kulsoom Ijaz, Amy Weiss-Meyer, and Dan Werb.
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Iconic Comics of a Cuban Cartoonist and the Week’s Top 5
“If an image is the idea of an idea, then a franchise is that second idea in perpetuity, because the image is the thing you can sand down and actually sell. You can’t profit off of history unless you rewrite it.” Welcome to the weekend! Our newest Longreads feature, by writer and culture critic Gyasi […]
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My Secret Police Files
“What did they really know about my activism, the men who could decide whether I lived or died?”
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The Whale Who Went AWOL
“Hvaldimir escaped captivity and became a global celebrity. Now, no one can agree about what to do with him.”
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This Top 5 Is For the Birds
A tribute to our feathered friends and four more excellent, hand-picked reads.
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How Vladimir Putin Helped ‘Nazify’ Modern Germany
Rainer Sonntag was a far-right vigilante. He was also a Communist spy.
