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Inside Nxivm, the ‘Sex Cult’ That Preached Empowerment
Why did female members follow a guru named Keith Raniere, who now stands accused of sex trafficking? He made them feel like they were in control.
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CreditStefan Ruiz for The New York Times Blood Will Tell, Part 2: Did Faulty Evidence Doom Joe Bryan?
The murder conviction rested largely on a technique still in use throughout the criminal-justice system, despite concerns about its reliability.
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CreditDan Winters for The New York Times How an Unproven Forensic Science Became a Courtroom Staple
A timeline of a niche, unproven discipline that gained a hold in the American justice system.
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Who Killed the Kiev Protesters? A 3-D Model Holds the Clues
A team of civilian investigators used cellphone videos, autopsy reports and surveillance footage to reconstruct a virtual crime scene.
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Who Gets to Decide What Belongs in the ‘Canon’?
With cultural hierarchies under reconstruction, traditionalists and dissenters alike are frantically defending their views of what counts as art.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Derek Brahney First WordsChina Won’t Play in This World Cup. It Still Hopes to Profit.
Scandals involving the host, Russia and soccer’s governing body, FIFA, offer opportunities for Chinese soft-power ambitions.
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CreditIllustration by Andrew Rae On MoneyHad Two Diseases Struck at Once?
Extreme fatigue and muscle pain led to one diagnosis. Enlarged lymph nodes led to another.
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CreditIllustration by Andreas Samuelsson DiagnosisShould I Tell My Hosts About My Medical Marijuana?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on visiting friends and family with pain-relieving drugs in tow, and on how to deal with an aging friend’s dementia.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistThe Corporate Delivery Pie You Secretly Love — but Better
A honeyed and tomato-rich sauce topped with pepperoni releases its ruddy grease, acting like threads of saffron in a paella.
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Letter of Recommendation: Airport Layovers
A good layover can be a healthful, restorative bore — free of goals, free of threats, you become a true human animal.
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CreditIllustration by Manshen Lo Letter of RecommendationMalcolm Gladwell Likes Things Better in Canada
The journalist on mass shootings, not believing in prisons and if Donald Trump has gotten in his 10,000 hours of practice for presidential greatness.
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CreditCeleste Sloman for The New York Times TalkNew Sentences: From Christine Schutt’s ‘Pure Hollywood’
Change the image you use to describe reality, and reality might change along with it.
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