Thursday, June 2

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Inside the complicated world of running The New York Times.

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A ride-along with the guys tasked with demolishing the city’s 10,000 “abandoned, godforsaken homes.”

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On Kimora Lee Simmons, then the head of the Baby Phat clothing company and wife of Russell Simmons.

“Let me take off my glasses,” she says, removing her large frames. “I want you to see my eyes. I will beat a bitch’s ass!”

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An investigation into the death of Victoria Arellano at a Los Angeles County immigration detention facility.

Wednesday, June 1

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A rare interview with Gene Hackman, who says Welcome to Mooseport was his last movie, unless he “could do it in my own house.”

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On Lance Armstrong’s return to racing after cancer.

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Why your phone may (or may not) be killing you.

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An essay about the weeks after the author’s brother nearly died.

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What it means to be an entrepreneur in Argentina, where economic crashes are a way of life.

Tuesday, May 31

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This week, Longform.org’s RSS feed is sponsored by forlue.com, a community news website about business.

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On Colombia’s “macabre alliance”:

In February 2003, the mayor of a small town on Colombia’s Caribbean coast stood up at a nationally televised meeting with then President Álvaro Uribe and announced his own murder.