How I built a lucrative career (and gradually sold my soul) playing caricatures of awful white dudes on black TV shows.


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In a country known for being modern and precise, an ancient healing practice passed down from the heavens has surprising staying power.


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Being a young, tattooed queer person in this hoity-toity world hasn’t always been easy. But I’ve found a way to follow my passion while letting my freak flag fly.


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These suburban mothers are deadly serious about chasing ghosts.


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Through diplomatic placements that sent us all over the world and a scandal that changed everything, we always returned to Disney World.


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In 1749, Emilie du Châtelet feared bearing a child at 42 would be the last thing she did. In her final year, she worked furiously on a magnum opus that would change the world.


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“Plant collection” may not sound perilous, but while scaling boulders and dodging snakes, I learned just how much these intrepid explorers risk to help understand our world.


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When it comes to preparing for the end of civilization, gun-loving red-staters aren't the only ones taking matters into their own hands.


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My dad was one of the only people on Earth with a good-for-life, go-anywhere-you-choose pass from American Airlines. Then they took it away. This is the true story of having—and losing—a superpower.


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In a country where wealth and divorce are increasingly common, older people are preparing for their leisurely retirements—by searching for spouses in a public park.


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