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What Happened After I Tried to Adopt an Opioid-Dependent Baby. Twice.

Carrie Brady, a longtime employee at Google, was 40 and single when she decided to adopt a baby. Because of America’s opioid crisis, her chances of finding a match were better if she agreed to accept the child of someone addicted to drugs. A harrowing story of birth in the 21st century.
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The Remarkable Story of Vivien Thomas, the Black Man Who Helped Invent Heart Surgery

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Tiffany Trump Is About to Finish Law School. And She’s Getting a Lot Trumpier.

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Woolly Mammoth’s New Leader Wants to Run the Most Woke Theater in Washington

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When it happened to me, I realized I had no idea who my roommates were.
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The Reinvention of 14th Street: A History

Fifty years after burning in the riots, 14th Street is a glittering stretch of gentrified DC. For better or worse, here's how it happened.
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