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Travel

Dear Kublai Khan: Searching for an Invisible City in São Paulo

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Tech

When Productivity Doesn’t Help Workers

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Travel

For Palestinian Prisoners, Fathering Children Is an Act of Resistance

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Health

Inside Madagascar’s ‘City of Flies’

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Travel

Behind the Gender Politics of Berlin’s Female Fight Club

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A Breakdown of Extreme Body Modification

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By Haisam Hussein
Travel

Inside the Ugandan Mall at the Center of China’s East African Investments

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By Mansi Choksi and Kim Wall
Travel

Two Artists Explore Visual Trickery Using Found Objects in ‘Cuttings’

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By Annie Collinge and Sarah May
How the Government Monitored Twitter During Baltimore’s Freddie Gray Protests

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By Jason Leopold
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