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How Three Chess Friends Battled Demons and Saved Two Lives

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Frank, Lincoln, and Paul met over a chess board more than a...

Art for Our Sakes

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Art’s distance “from the prerogatives of the powerful,” writes Zadie Smith, “is...

How Austin’s Sandlot Baseball Scene Became a Magnet for Indie Rockers, Filmmakers, Designers, and Brands

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Austin is home to a lively sandlot baseball scene. In this story...

The Rise and Rise of Balloon Racing’s First Family

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Katy Vine and Meher Yeda explore the Heartsills, a West Texas family...

The Fugitive Childhood of a Cocaine Smuggler’s Daughters

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“That was only the beginning” is a headline cliché, a promise of...

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In 1935, over 60 percent of Kentucky’s population had no access to...

Made in the USA

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Suzy Hansen reviews two of Pete Hegseth’s six—yes, six—books, and finds him...

The Cartoonist Who Mocked the Madness of Modernism

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Modernist architecture—with all its glass, steel, and concrete—baffled America. American artist Alan...

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A journalist has conversations with three Britons who, after life-changing incidents, have...

Hard Rain

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Who among us hasn’t wished for sunshine or hoped for rain? For...

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A few months ago, I was on a hike with my friend...