The Friend Who Knew
Part 2: The Dinner I couldn’t tell Susan. I couldn’t tell her at the birthday dinner. I couldn’t tell her anywhere. Because the truth was worse than I had imagined. …
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The Boats on the Lake
Part 2: The Lake I decided to go to the lake. It had been 18 years since I had walked down that path. The dock was still there, weathered and …
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Part 2: The Drive I drove to the graduation alone. The ceremony was held in a high school gymnasium. I walked through the doors and scanned the crowd. There he …
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Part 2: The Investigation The investigation took months. We discovered that the admissions nurse had mixed up the two women because they had the same maiden name. No one had …
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The Eggs That Came Back
Part 2 Not one. Three. She looked through the curtains. Men in work jackets were unloading equipment. And walking toward her porch was a young man she recognized before he …
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The Map They Left Behind
Part 1 The HOA tore out my family’s railroad tracks, sealed our mountain tunnel behind concrete, fined me $21,000, and told me, “Take your grief, your engine, and your fines …
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Most Commonly Diagnosed Cancers Worldwide by Sex: What the Global Map Reveals
Cancer does not follow the same pattern everywhere. In one country, breast cancer may account for the largest number of new cancer diagnoses among women. In another, cervical cancer leads. …
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Where “Conversion Therapy” Is Restricted Around the World
A world map of “conversion therapy” laws reveals a striking legal divide. Across parts of Europe, North America, Latin America and Oceania, governments have introduced laws restricting practices intended to …
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Where Can You Buy the Birth Control Pill Without a Prescription?
The birth control pill is one of the most widely used contraceptive methods in the world. But getting it can be dramatically different depending on where you live. In some …
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At first glance, this map seems to ask a simple question: Is workplace sexual harassment illegal? But the real answer is considerably more complicated. Across much of Europe, the Americas, …
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