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Elon, the Mosh Pit Called. It Wants ‘Hard Core’ Back.

​Have you ever gotten an email at midnight from the boss with ​an ominous subject line like “a fork in…

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A Different Kind of Kitchen-Table Economics

I’m writing this newsletter the way I do most of my writing, at home on a laptop (mounted on a…

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Why Are Momfluencers So Good at Worming Their Way Into Your Brain?

In some ways, the internet has been incredible for mothers. Spaces online have provided solace and connection and allowed some…

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As Elon Musk Cuts Costs at Twitter, Some Bills Are Going Unpaid

SAN FRANCISCO — Before Elon Musk bought Twitter last month, the company’s executives had racked up hundreds of thousands of…

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China Factory Fire Kills 38

A fire swept through a two-story factory in central China on Monday, killing 38 people in one of the most…

Business

What Elon Musk Is Doing to Twitter Is What He Did at Tesla and SpaceX

Elon Musk was sleeping at the office. He dismissed employees and executives at will. And he lamented his company was…

Arts

Kathy Acker, Drawn to the Margins, Pushed Literature’s Boundaries

EAT YOUR MIND: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker, by Jason McBride Kathy Acker — proto-punk, tough-stemmed flower,…

Travel

In Utah, Restoring Spruce Forests One Cone at a Time

ACROSS THE COUNTRY In Utah, Restoring Spruce Forests One Cone at a Time Seasonal workers climb tree after tree to…

Sports

In Asian Town, some of the workers who built the World Cup gather to watch it.

DOHA, Qatar — On the outskirts of Qatar’s capital and miles away from the stadiums and the sheen of the…

Sports

Migrants hired to work at the opening match waited all day without food and water.

A group of more than 200 migrant laborers hired to work concession stalls at the Qatar World Cup’s opening game…

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