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The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem
“Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it.”
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S’more! S’more!
“His artisanal marshmallows were the greatest. Then he tried to scale them.”
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Inside ‘Teflon Joe’s’: Why Your Favorite Grocery Store Is Not What You Think
“How Trader Joe’s remains a beloved brand despite record product recalls, safety violations, worker misconduct complaints, and an environmental record that belies its reputation.”
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Inside Beirut’s Fight To Save Its Reading Culture
“As reading declines and self-censorship grows, bookshops are shuttering in the city once hailed as the Arab world’s publishing capital.”
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Lost Vegas
“Everyone inside America’s most flailing destination city has a theory for what’s wrong. Now I have my own.”
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Walmart Wants to Be Something for Everyone in a Divided America
“The world’s largest retailer has built an Apple-esque corporate campus in Bentonville, is selling Gucci online, and is playing nice with Trump. Will any of it work?”
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The Spectacular Burnout of a Solar Panel Salesman
“He thought he’d make millions of dollars selling solar panels door-to-door. The reality was much darker.”
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The Next Drug Epidemic Is Blue-Raspberry Flavored
“How Galaxy Gas became synonymous with the country’s burgeoning addiction to gas.”
