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The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
The End of Reading Is Here
How to Make the Bread That Fueled the Pyramids
How to Make the Bread That Fueled the Pyramids
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The Truth of El Mozote
The Truth of El Mozote
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How Emily Wilson Made Homer Modern
How Emily Wilson Made Homer Modern
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Fractured Lands
History
Fractured Lands
Scott Anderson·The New York Times
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Moses' Top Ten
Politics
Moses' Top Ten
Sarah Vowell·The New York Times
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The Patent, Used as a Sword
Technology
The Patent, Used as a Sword
Charles Duhigg and Steve Lohr·The New York Times
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Say No More
Geography
Say No More
Jack Hitt·The New York Times
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Pigeon Wars
Film
Pigeon Wars
Jon Mooallem·The New York Times
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How to Build a Perfect Refugee Camp
Human Rights
How to Build a Perfect Refugee Camp
Mac McClelland·The New York Times
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The Detectives Who Never Forget a Face
Science
The Detectives Who Never Forget a Face
Patrick Radden Keefe·The New Yorker
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The Legacy of Childhood Trauma
Psychology
The Legacy of Childhood Trauma
Junot Díaz·The New Yorker
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Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston
Personal
Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston
Jia Tolentino·The New Yorker
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On Killing Charles Dickens
Literature
On Killing Charles Dickens
Zadie Smith·The New Yorker
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The Message of Measles
Health
The Message of Measles
Nick Paumgarten·The New Yorker
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The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale
Technology
The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale
Ariel Levy·The New Yorker
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Small Change
Science
Small Change
Malcolm Gladwell·The New Yorker
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Final Forms
History
Final Forms
Kathryn Schulz·The New Yorker
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Up and Then Down
Geography
Up and Then Down
Nick Paumgarten·The New Yorker
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Sight Unseen
Literature
Sight Unseen
Kathryn Schulz·The New Yorker
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My President Was Black
Race
My President Was Black
Ta-Nehisi Coates·The Atlantic
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Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
History
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
Jonathan Haidt·The Atlantic
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The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Crime
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Ta-Nehisi Coates·The Atlantic
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Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?
Politics
Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?
Edward Jay Epstein·The Atlantic
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