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A months-long interview with the singer-songwriter.

The extraordinary story of two Pacific voyages of discovery a thousand years apart.

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Inside the right-wing romance With Hungary.

How reading can lead to resilience in the most trying times.

The double life of Aaron Hernandez.

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A profile of Costa Rica’s most famous bull, who is responsible for two riders’ deaths and a brand of craft beer.

A profile of Robert Caro, who’s been working on a biography on Lyndon Johnson for nearly 40 years.

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How Edith Windsor fell in love, got married, and won a landmark case for gay marriage.

He has been president for more than a year—so why is he still holding rallies?

Tom Justice was once a cyclist chasing Olympic gold. Then he began using his bike for a much different purpose: robbing banks.

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For one writer, “Hot Vax Summer” is a slow climb.

Note From the Editors: As we were reporting this story, Newsweek Media Group fired Newsweek Editor Bob Roe, Executive Editor Ken Li and Senior Politics Reporter Celeste Katz for doing their jobs. Reporters Josh Keefe and Josh Saul were targeted for firing before an editor persuaded the company to reverse its decision. As we continued working on the story, we were asked to take part in a review process, which, we ultimately learned, involved egregious breaches of confidentiality and journalism ethics.

Saul is a Longform contributing editor.

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A confrontation with masculinity gone awry.

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