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The Case for the Subway
It built the city. Now, no matter the cost — at least $100 billion — the city must rebuild it to survive.
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Can an Algorithm Tell When Kids Are in Danger?
Child protective agencies are haunted when they fail to save kids. Pittsburgh officials believe a new data analysis program is helping them make better judgment calls.
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Where Pot Entrepreneurs Go When the Banks Just Say No
As the legal markets for marijuana spread, a small credit union is solving a big problem: what to do with all the cash.
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American Politics Is Swamped With ‘Bad Faith’ Actors
Duplicitousness, mendacity, advantage-taking — once someone commits to tactics like these, pointing it out might do as much harm as good.
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This Cat Sensed Death. What if Computers Could, Too?
Can we teach a computer to predict when it’s time to say goodbye?
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CreditPhoto illustration by Cristiana Couceiro On MedicineA Strange Itch, Trouble Breathing, Then Anaphylactic Shock
Could a tick bite really have made her allergic to meat?
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to address a parent’s —and a sibling’s — apparent mental decline.
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Masha Gessen Is Worried About Outrage Fatigue
The journalist on alternative facts, what Putin thinks of Trump and whether the Mueller investigation will be able to prove collusion.
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Some writers draw you so far into their voices that it makes you want to join in, and write alongside them.
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