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A Few Good Men
“Jordan Neely’s killer and the racist violence at the heart of the American imperial project.”
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The “Top Chef” Oral History: “How Is This Going Off the Rails on Day One?”
“Padma, Tom, Gail, and other insiders reflect on how the Bravo show … transcended the reality TV genre to change food media and the American restaurant landscape forever.”
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Best of 2024: The Most Popular Editors’ Picks of the Year
Our readership has spoken! This list compiles the most-viewed stories we recommended in 2024.
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How Far Can Running Take You After a Decade of Addiction?
“Ammons thinks his experiences as an addict help him endure the worst that running can dish out.”
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Ice Cream Panic, Airship Catastrophe, and our Top 5
“But, for me, the classic is an oyster: a scalloped, hinged wafer dipped in mallow and chocolate, with desiccated coconut at the edges, piped full of vanilla soft serve and squiggled madly with monkey’s blood (OK, raspberry sauce).” This summer, I have spent a lot of time in England, and a particular vehicle has been […]
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The Venture
“How two single moms escaped an alleged sex-trafficking ring and ultimately saved each other.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending stories from Viola Zhou, Mina Tavakoli, Stephanie Krzywonos, Maggie Millner, and Joe Hagan.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: Bezos, paper, scissors; feast or famine; one reason to stay here; any way you slice it; the real Winter Olympics, and more.
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Strong Mothers, Boundless Lives, and the Week’s Top 5
Have you read Craig Brown’s Hello Goodbye Hello? It’s a blast: “a circle of 101 remarkable meetings,” as the jacket says, with each chapter a pithy, intimate encounter between two figures from history
