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Hunting Delta
The U.S. system for tracking Covid variants is scattered and slow. Time to fix it
10+ min |
July 26, 2021
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Looking Past Revelations
Can a documentary tell new truths about the man behind the Alvin Ailey dance company?
3 min |
July 26, 2021
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New Roadblocks for A Big Rail Deal
Kansas City Southern investors are right to worry that the Biden administration’s tougher stance on antitrust enforcement may signal trouble for the company’s $34 billion plan to sell itself to Canadian National Railway Co.
2 min |
July 26, 2021
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China Wants Stocks To Stay Home
Hundreds of the nation’s companies have listed on U.S. exchanges. That’s getting harder
5 min |
July 26, 2021
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Can't Hide From Diaper Inflation
Lower-income households are struggling to absorb double-digit price increases
4 min |
July 19, 2021
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Another Covid Crisis for Global Supply Chains
Hundreds of thousands of unvaccinated seafarers could snarl international trade
5 min |
July 19, 2021
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When Covid's End Means A Return to Prison
Inmates sent home under the Cares Act find themselves in limbo
5 min |
July 19, 2021
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Many Radical New Applications
For Moderna, going from startup to world-leading vaccine maker was challenging enough. Bringing messenger RNA to flu shots, cancer treatments, and more will be even harder
10+ min |
July 19, 2021
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He's Making Apple the Bad Guy
Horacio Gutierrez has spent five years molding the narrative of the iPhone maker as an abusive monopolist
6 min |
July 19, 2021
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Mixing Markets, Faith, and Instagram
A celebrity preacher in Indonesia shows that meme stocks are a global phenomenon
5 min |
July 19, 2021
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How to Forget a Pandemic
As Covid-19 devastated Mexico, the government obscured the facts about cases, deaths, and vaccinations
10+ min |
July 19, 2021
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Get 'Em While They're Hot
After their smokin’ pandemic-era growth, grill makers Weber and Traeger are going public
4 min |
July 19, 2021
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FOOD FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T EAT
A dentist with a culinary diploma has made crispy crackers that don’t need chewing. The next step is selling them
10+ min |
July 19, 2021
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Fear of a Digital Dollar
The idea of a government-backed virtual currency has support in policy circles, but banks see a threat to their dominion over consumer finance
4 min |
July 19, 2021
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THE CHURCH OF BLEACH
Mark Grenon and his sons earned a small fortune selling a “miracle” tonic made with chlorine dioxide and labeled a religious sacrament. Then a SWAT team came calling
10+ min |
July 05 - 12, 2021 (Double Issue)
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GREAT ARTISTS STEAL
Certain things are expected in a good heist show—and the Netflix hit Lupin does those things with style. It also has an extra je ne sais quoi, in the person of French star Omar Sy
10+ min |
July 05 - 12, 2021 (Double Issue)
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HOW TO KNOCK OFF A BILLION-DOLLAR BRAND AND GET AWAY WITH IT (FOR A WHILE)
At the January 2016 Pitti Uomo, the twice-yearly trade fair in Florence, Italy, where trendspotters soak up the latest in men’s fashion from around the globe, a crew of young people paraded through the 16th century Fortezza da Basso to promote sweatshirts and caps with the word “Supreme” in bold white Futura font on a bright red background.
4 min |
July 05 - 12, 2021 (Double Issue)
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HOW PHILLY'S VAX JAWN ALMOST WENT UNDER WOODER
During the worst of last winter’s Covid surge, Philadelphia briefly put a recent college graduate in charge of getting vaccines into about 1.6 million arms. It didn’t go great
10+ min |
July 05 - 12, 2021 (Double Issue)
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DON'T SUE ME LIKE THAT
The story of a small-time rock photographer who became a big-time copyright troll
2 min |
July 05 - 12, 2021 (Double Issue)
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THE FALL OF THE BILLIONAIRE GUCCI MASTER
To millions of fans, Ramon Abbas was a self-made influencer synonymous with luxury. To the FBI, he was the man behind scams hoping to net hundreds of millions of dollars
10+ min |
July 05 - 12, 2021 (Double Issue)
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THE XBOX CHEAT
Microsoft operates a sort of digital bank, which handles millions, if not billions, of dollars each year. One of the company’s junior engineers figured out how to rob it
10+ min |
July 05 - 12, 2021 (Double Issue)
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THE ‘JUICE MAN' AND THE JOCKEY CLUB
After a rash of suspicious wins, investigators started to probe horse racing. Eventually, 29 people would be indicted in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud bettors
10+ min |
July 05 - 12, 2021 (Double Issue)
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WHERE DID MARCOS HIDE HIS MONEY?
Almost 30 years ago, a court ruled that victims of the Ferdinand Marcos regime should be compensated from a stolen fortune estimated to be worth up to $10 billion. The funds were very well-stashed
10+ min |
July 05 - 12, 2021 (Double Issue)
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Bitcoin of the Realm
What happened when a surfing town in El Salvador went full crypto
10+ min |
June 21, 2021
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Animating Africa
Nairobi startup Kukua is riding a wave of interest in Afro-futuristic stories
4 min |
June 28, 2021
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Hot Shorts Summer
Traders who bet on bad news are the necessary foils of meme stocks
9 min |
June 28, 2021
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FIRE RESISTANCE
Most Americans can be terminated for no reason at any time. But 70,000 fast-food workers are about to gain major protections. Who’s next?
10+ min |
June 28, 2021
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America's Trumpiest Attorney General Is Under Indictment Himself
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has waged some of the country’s most partisan legal battles while charged with fraud. Will his allegiance to Trumpism help him survive a fresh round of corruption allegations?
10+ min |
June 28, 2021
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Global Giants Need India's Tiny Stores
Amazon, Walmart, and Reliance’s Jio want mom and pop shops to order goods online and help with delivery
6 min |
June 28, 2021
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The 9 Million Who Slipped Through the Cracks
A record number of Americans filed for unemployment during the Covid recession—and a record number didn’t get any money
10 min |