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Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You
The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You
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The Reckoning
The Reckoning
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The Way Home is a Circle
The Way Home is a Circle
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Stranger in the Village
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Stranger in the Village
James Baldwin·Notes of a Native Son
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‘I Shouldn’t Be Here’
Crime
‘I Shouldn’t Be Here’
Jordan Ritter Conn·The Ringer
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‘My Body Stopped Speaking to Me’: The First-Person Account of a Near-Death Experience
Health
‘My Body Stopped Speaking to Me’: The First-Person Account of a Near-Death Experience
Andrew Corsello·Longreads
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"Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead" offers a way through environmental despair.
Nature
"Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead" offers a way through environmental despair.
Natalie Elliot·Pioneer Works
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“Please I Will Give Anything for You to Come Back”
Nature
“Please I Will Give Anything for You to Come Back”
Ted Conover·Outside
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“Your Honor, Can I Tell the Whole Story?”
Crime
“Your Honor, Can I Tell the Whole Story?”
Nick Chrastil·The Atavist Magazine
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11 Years After Trying to Kill Each Other, a Marine and a Talib Meet Again
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11 Years After Trying to Kill Each Other, a Marine and a Talib Meet Again
Thomas Gibbons-Neff·The New York Times
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13 Ways of Looking: Lauren Markham
Nature
13 Ways of Looking: Lauren Markham
Lauren Markham·Pioneer Works
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A Drugstore in Winter
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A Drugstore in Winter
Cynthia Ozick·Books & Collections
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A Family Secret No More
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A Family Secret No More
Susan Saulny·The New York Times
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A Family’s Daring Escape From North Korea ‘to Live and Stand Tall’
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A Family’s Daring Escape From North Korea ‘to Live and Stand Tall’
Choe Sang-Hun·The New York Times
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A father of five was detained by ICE on his way to work. Now his family is losing their home
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A father of five was detained by ICE on his way to work. Now his family is losing their home
Richard Hall·The Independent
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A Father's Initiative
Politics
A Father's Initiative
Eli Saslow·The Washington Post
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A Feast for Lost Souls
Crime
A Feast for Lost Souls
Annelise Jolley&Zahara Gómez Lucini·The Atavist Magazine
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A Gift Abandoned
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A Gift Abandoned
Sheryl James·St. Petersburg Times
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A Hidden Treasure of Rare Snake Specimens
Science
A Hidden Treasure of Rare Snake Specimens
Alexa Robles-Gil&Johanna Alarcón·The New York Times
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A Hundred Thousand Straightened Nails
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A Hundred Thousand Straightened Nails
Donald Hall·Books & Collections
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A Husband in the Aftermath of His Wife’s Unfathomable Act
Crime
A Husband in the Aftermath of His Wife’s Unfathomable Act
Eren Orbey·The New Yorker
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A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops
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A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops
Amy Harmon·The New York Times
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A New Generation of Moms Who Get High
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A New Generation of Moms Who Get High
Sarah Levy·The Atlantic
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