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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
The Truth of El Mozote
The Truth of El Mozote
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They Gave Her A Lobotomy So Her Brother Could Be President
They Gave Her A Lobotomy So Her Brother Could Be President
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The Lazarus File
The Lazarus File
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The Bard
Personal
The Bard
Makana Eyre·The Atavist Magazine
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The Butcher of Havana
Human Rights
The Butcher of Havana
Tony Perrottet·The Atavist Magazine
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Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice in Guatemala
Crime
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice in Guatemala
Sebastian Rotella&Ana Arana·ProPublica
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We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage
History
We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage
Christine Kenneally·BuzzFeed News
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Was Jeanne Calment the Oldest Person Who Ever Lived—or a Fraud?
History
Was Jeanne Calment the Oldest Person Who Ever Lived—or a Fraud?
Lauren Collins·The New Yorker
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The Real Story of Linda Taylor, America’s Original Welfare Queen
Crime
The Real Story of Linda Taylor, America’s Original Welfare Queen
Josh Levin·Slate
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From MacArthur to Miki-III
Politics
From MacArthur to Miki-III
Robert Shaplen·The New Yorker
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We Have Always Survived
History
We Have Always Survived
Robert Shaplen·The New Yorker
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Tito’s Legacy-II
Politics
Tito’s Legacy-II
Robert Shaplen·The New Yorker
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Tito’s Legacy-I
Politics
Tito’s Legacy-I
Robert Shaplen·The New Yorker
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Return to Vietnam-II
History
Return to Vietnam-II
Robert Shaplen·The New Yorker
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The Captivity of Cambodia
War
The Captivity of Cambodia
Robert Shaplen·The New Yorker
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The Titanic of the Pacific
History
The Titanic of the Pacific
Tyler Hooper·The Atavist Magazine
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The Good Traitor
History
The Good Traitor
Kate McQueen·The Atavist Magazine
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From Antarctica with Love
History
From Antarctica with Love
Allegra Rosenberg·The Atavist Magazine
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The Destruction Of The Library Of Alexandria: A Forensic Audit
History
The Destruction Of The Library Of Alexandria: A Forensic Audit
Ali Mujtuba Zaidi·THE HISTORICAL INSIGHTS
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The Mysterious Story of Moncacht-Apé, the Yazoo Explorer Who Walked Across America
History
The Mysterious Story of Moncacht-Apé, the Yazoo Explorer Who Walked Across America
Mike Bezemek·Outside
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Searching Paris for Ben Franklin, America’s ‘Least-Dead’ Founder
History
Searching Paris for Ben Franklin, America’s ‘Least-Dead’ Founder
Eric Weiner&Camille McOuat·The New York Times
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Hero or Traitor? The Legacy of a Revolutionary-Era Cherokee Woman.
History
Hero or Traitor? The Legacy of a Revolutionary-Era Cherokee Woman.
Ellen Barry·The New York Times
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What Broke Monticello
History
What Broke Monticello
Bridget Gillespie·The American Prospect
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