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Etymology Today: LIBERAL
by Maria Bustillos
Embarrassing But True
by Zito Madu
72-Hour Marfa iPhone Diary
by Ana Marie Cox
When Chihuahuas Attack
by Arwa Mahdawi
Murderers on vacation
by Grzegorz Kwiatkowski
The Squeakless Wheel
by Trevor Alixopulos
Recent Issues
03
Jun
Terminal velocity
Dave Karpf on soon-to-be trillionaire (?) Elon Musk
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02
Jun
By the book / Look it up
A literary shocker from Michael Kupperman; Maria Bustillos takes the reins at Etymology Today
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01
Jun
The light fantastic
Zito Madu celebrates Arsenal in London
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29
May
Not gonna reach my telephone
Ana Marie Cox takes a break
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28
May
Dog day morning / Gravitational pull
Arwa Mahdawi on a personal emergency; Grzegorz Kwiatkowski revisits a childhood memory
issue-574
27
May
Ancestry illuminated / Coffee burn
Kim Kelly on Romanian ink, and vice versa; Trevor Alixopulos looks into the whereabouts of his coffee
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26
May
Infinite jesters / Alien commies
A festive but disturbing encounter, by Anna Merlan; ‘Pluribus’ probed by Annalee Newitz
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22
May
Achievement unlocked
Ian Williams on Arsenal’s Premier League victory
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21
May
Served cold
A thriller from Nathan Munn
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20
May
University challenge
David Moore on the capitulation of Brown University
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