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Updated Sep 30, 2026193 essays
Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Fix One of America’s Scariest Roads?
Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Fix One of America’s Scariest Roads?8.0(1)

The Million Dollar Highway, prone to rockfall and avalanches, is the site of horrific crashes and courageous rescues, Peter Hessler writes.

Husband. Father. Prisoner.
Husband. Father. Prisoner.8.0(1)

When his ex-wife abducted his sons and fled to Russia, David Barnes did what any father might do, he tried to save them. Now he’s the one who needs saving.

She Made Me Do It
She Made Me Do It8.5(2)

A prominent dressage trainer shot an annoying student—and now maintains that he’s the real victim. Ian Parker reports.

The Bleeding Hearts
The Bleeding Hearts0.0

He pulled off the largest armed robbery in Austria’s history, with his friend’s mistress as his accomplice, to build an orphanage in Africa.

A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work
A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work0.0

Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.

The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities
The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities9.0(1)

David Owen on our obsession with putting our belongings in metal boxes and then never looking at them again.

‘Death Sentences’: Crafting America’s Favorite Countertops Is Killing Workers
‘Death Sentences’: Crafting America’s Favorite Countertops Is Killing Workers0.0

Hundreds of workers who’ve contracted silicosis are suing the artificial stone industry for billions. While California weighs a ban on fabricating the product, the manufacturers’ defenders in Congress are trying to ban the lawsuits.

Sorority Row’s GLP-1 Secret
Sorority Row’s GLP-1 Secret0.0

College girls are desperate to join the best sororities. Some are turning to weight-loss drugs to get there.

Millions Depend on the Rio Grande for Water. Some Could Run Out as Early as Next Year.
Millions Depend on the Rio Grande for Water. Some Could Run Out as Early as Next Year.9.0(1)

Texas’s most iconic geographic feature is one of the most threatened rivers in the country.

Donald Trump’s Capital Makeover
Donald Trump’s Capital Makeover0.0

A coterie of advisers, planners, and architects is enabling the President’s passion project, renovating D.C. in his own image, Antonia Hitchens writes.

‘My Husband Has No Friends’
‘My Husband Has No Friends’0.0

For some wives, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes … managing their spouse’s social life?

Is this the future of America?
Is this the future of America?0.0

In this Virginia county, the infrastructure boom began two decades ago. Few residents even knew it happened, but now they’re reckoning with the next wave of data centers and what’s at stake.

Rebecca Traister: Gloria Steinem Loved Women
Rebecca Traister: Gloria Steinem Loved Women0.0

Gloria Steinem, who has died at the age of 92, epitomized the contradictions and hopes of the feminist movement. Read the obituary by Rebecca Traister.

Where Does Spirit Go When It Dies?
Where Does Spirit Go When It Dies?0.0

Behind the scenes with the skeleton crew that’s figuring out how to unwind every last bit of the airline.

Inside the Perimenopause Industrial Complex
Inside the Perimenopause Industrial Complex0.0

How an alliance of tech startups, MAHA operatives, and actual medical experts made millennial women the new face of hormone therapy.

The Great Romance Slump
The Great Romance Slump0.0

Why are so few young people finding love?

The Children a Scientist Took Home
The Children a Scientist Took Home0.0

Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for his work on a disease in Papua New Guinea. But his biggest experiment was on the children he took back to the U.S., Rachel Aviv reports.

The Man Who Refused to Sit on the Sidelines
The Man Who Refused to Sit on the Sidelines0.0

Kevin Dowdell, a lieutenant in an elite FDNY rescue unit, taught his sons to take action. When he disappeared on 9/11, they went to Ground Zero to search for him.

‘A Soulless Demon’: D4vd’s Path From Pop Star to Accused Killer
‘A Soulless Demon’: D4vd’s Path From Pop Star to Accused Killer0.0

Rolling Stone's deep-dive investigation into D4vd, the budding pop star accused of killing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

Can you spend your way out of loneliness?
Can you spend your way out of loneliness?0.0

People are isolated and looking for community. These companies are happy to sell it.

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