How an HIV specialist in Germany is using media law to erase reporting of sexual abuse allegations against him.
Business
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What Happened to Cruise Ship Workers Once the Passengers Were Gone?
At the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, cruise companies “went to great lengths to repatriate vacationers.” But for crew members, it was a different story.
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Longreads Best of 2020: Business Writing
Our top story picks in business writing this year.
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Sold! On Going (Once!) to Auctioneer School
“Five dollar now five gidibid five dollar now ten gidibid ten, ten now fifteen digibigit now fifteen now fifteen gidibid, now twenty?”
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Instacart: Shop ‘Til You Drop
‘“People are disposable to them,” Rachel says. “They don’t care.”’
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The Can That Was Supposed to Help Save a City
The story of Chill-Can is the story of Youngstown, Ohio’s troubled approach to economic development.
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Collecting Rare Sneakers from Japan
Japan began producing limited edition sneakers in the 1990s. Now a new global wave of sneaker enthusiasts have begun seeking its rarities.
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The Decline and Not-Quite-Instagrammable Fall of a Design Startup
When an interior-design startup collapses, no filter can hide the ugly truth.
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I Have No Idea What You Corporate People Are Talking About
Before I can parallel-path that project and route it back to you, you’ll need to explain what you’re asking in actual English, please.
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The Queering of the Baby Bells
Highly public pressure campaigns against telephone companies were the crux of early LGBTQ activism.