“AI is poised to eliminate customer-service agents. We’ll miss them when they’re gone.”
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The Black Women of Gee’s Bend Work Hard and Easy
“The wonder world of quilt-making.”
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What Really Happened to Baby Christina?
“Twenty-six years ago, Barton McNeil called 911 to report that his three-year-old daughter had died in the night. It was the worst thing that could ever happen to any parent. Then a new nightmare began.”
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Recovering the Lost Aviators of World War II
“Inside the search for a plane shot down over the Pacific—and the new effort to bring its fallen heroes home.”
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An American Education: Notes from UATX
“Inside the ‘Forbidden Courses’ at the billionaire-backed University of Austin, the campus of the ‘anti woke’ commentariat.”
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The Women at the Cutting Edge of Butchery
Butcher shops have been struggling to survive. But now women are picking up the knife.
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200 Cats, 200 Dogs, One Lab: The Secrets of The Pet Food Industry
“Pet food is a £120bn industry, with vast resources spent on working out how best to nourish and delight our beloved charges. But how do we know if we’re getting it right?”
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They Came Here for a New Life. Now They’re Trapped in O’Hare
“Angi and her family left Venezuela for a better life in the States. But after Texas Governor Greg Abbott put them on a plane to Chicago, they and so many others were stuck in limbo at the airport.”
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Alone, But Not Lonely: A Reading List on Being Single
Six stories about making a life of one’s own.
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‘If You Scream You Are a Dead Duck’: At 14, my Mother Left me Alone All Summer – Then the Man With a Knife Found Me
“I asked her not to go on the six-week camping trip with her boyfriend, but she said I would be fine. I wasn’t – I was raped.”