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Who Killed the Mercy Man?
An obscure murder keeps resurfacing in Black story and song
Eric McHenry
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Puzzled
Susannah Pratt
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Maximalisma
Lisa Russ Spaar
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What’s Not to Like?
Max Byrd
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Safer Than Childbirth
Tamara Dean
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Solitude and Leadership
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The Last Island of the Savages
Adam Goodheart
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Susannah Pratt
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The American Scholar
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July 2025
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Family
Maximalisma
Lisa Russ Spaar
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The American Scholar
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May 2025
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Literature
What’s Not to Like?
Max Byrd
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The American Scholar
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July 2025
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Psychology
Double Exposure
Jonathan Weiner
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The American Scholar
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December 2024
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(1)
History
Safer Than Childbirth
Tamara Dean
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The American Scholar
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March 2022
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(1)
Philosophy
Solitude and Leadership
William Deresiewicz
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The American Scholar
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March 2010
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Geography
The Last Island of the Savages
Adam Goodheart
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The American Scholar
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September 2000
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