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Haven’t been reading Ghost Boat? Now’s a great time to catch up

Haven’t been reading Ghost Boat? Now’s a great time to catch up

Many weeks into the Ghost Boat project—our live investigation into the vanishing of 243 people —and we’re making serious progress…
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Bobbie JohnsonOct 30, 2015
Everything Is Yours, Everything Is Not Yours

Everything Is Yours, Everything Is Not Yours

At age six, I ran away with my sister to escape the Rwandan massacre. We spent seven years as refugees. What do you want me to do about it?
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Clemantine WamariyaJun 29, 2015
“I Don’t Know if I’m Already Infected.” The Controversial Death of Ebola’s Unsung Hero

“I Don’t Know if I’m Already Infected.” The Controversial Death of Ebola’s Unsung Hero

The inside story
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Joshua HammerJan 12, 2015
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Meet Matter Studios

“Be more radical,” Ev Williams once emailed me, which is the most terrifying and electrifying thing your boss could say.
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Mark LottoMar 21
“I Do Wish We Could Switch Places For a Few Months So You Could See Things From My Point of View.”

“I Do Wish We Could Switch Places For a Few Months So You Could See Things From My Point of View.”

A Matter letter series between Foreign Affairs deputy managing editor Justin Vogt and managing editor of NOW Hanin Ghaddar
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Hanin GhaddarMar 2
“When It Comes to The Middle East, I’ve Been Wrong Enough Times to Know That It’s Important to Keep…

“When It Comes to The Middle East, I’ve Been Wrong Enough Times to Know That It’s Important to Keep…

A Matter letter series between Foreign Affairs deputy managing editor Justin Vogt and managing editor of NOW Hanin Ghaddar
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Justin VogtMar 2
Quit Your Job and Go to Work

Quit Your Job and Go to Work

The future of employment was meant to liberate us from the shackles of a 9-to-5. In fact, it’s leaving people in a semi-flexible purgatory.
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Lauren SmileyJun 10, 2015
What Strippers Can Teach Uber

What Strippers Can Teach Uber

The on-demand industry says it’s turned our concept of work upside down. But one attorney thinks we’ve been here before — again and again.
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Lauren SmileyApr 20, 2015
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“We Ain’t Choosing No Sides; We Just Choosing Our Side”

“We Ain’t Choosing No Sides; We Just Choosing Our Side”

The gangs of Baltimore believe they can do a better job policing their community than the police.
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Amy K. NelsonMay 2, 2015
Black Exhaustion

Black Exhaustion

When we were children, my older brother and I looked nearly identical. So identical, in fact, that I sometimes successfully convinced…
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pilotApr 28, 2015
Police Killings in America, Day By Day

Police Killings in America, Day By Day

100 days into 2015, and more than 300 people have died at the hands of law enforcement.
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MatterApr 8, 2015
Taking Down Bigots With Their Own Weapons is Sweet, Satisfying —And Very, Very Wrong

Taking Down Bigots With Their Own Weapons is Sweet, Satisfying —And Very, Very Wrong

Actually, it’s about ethics in doxxing.
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Ijeoma OluoApr 6, 2015
Sex
Swipe Right On Monogamy

Swipe Right On Monogamy

Hook ups are no longer progressive and exciting. Now, we’re all ready for more than just sex.
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Charlotte ShaneDec 22, 2015
Hot Girls’ Hot Takes on Hot Girls Wanted

Hot Girls’ Hot Takes on Hot Girls Wanted

A roundtable discussion between Alana Massey, Charlotte Shane, and Lori Adorable about the new Netflix documentary on pro-am porn.
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Alana MasseyJun 8, 2015
The Dickonomics of Tinder

The Dickonomics of Tinder

Yes, women are using Tinder to get laid. No, not with you.
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Alana MasseyApr 30, 2015
Girl, Send Me a Frext

Girl, Send Me a Frext

How female friends have turned sexting into an act of bonding and empowerment
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Alana Hope LevinsonApr 30, 2015
Tech
The Shut-In Economy

The Shut-In Economy

In the new world of on-demand everything, you’re either pampered, isolated royalty — or you’re a 21st century servant.
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Lauren SmileyMar 25, 2015
Be My Sext Buddy?

Be My Sext Buddy?

Why this new kind of “fuck buddy” rules.
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Alana Hope LevinsonDec 10, 2015
The Web We Have to Save

The Web We Have to Save

The rich, diverse, free web that I loved — and spent years in an Iranian jail for — is dying. Why is nobody stopping it?
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Hossein DerakhshanJul 14, 2015
Lost In Emoji Translation: Apple vs Android

Lost In Emoji Translation: Apple vs Android

How to make sure you know what you’re actually saying before you press send.
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Alana Hope LevinsonApr 17, 2015
Big Stories Matter
Selfie: A (Short) Book From Matter

Selfie: A (Short) Book From Matter

By Rachel Syme
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MatterNov 23, 2015
A SEA OF FACES

A SEA OF FACES

Don’t forget to also read my seven-part essay “Selfie.”
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Rachel SymeNov 19, 2015
SELFIE

SELFIE

The revolutionary potential of your own face, in seven chapters
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Rachel SymeNov 19, 2015
American Horror Story: The Cecil Hotel

American Horror Story: The Cecil Hotel

It started out as a routine missing persons case. But by the time the internet was done with her, Elisa Lam had become a macabre celebrity.
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Josh DeanOct 27, 2015
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