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September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 by jpalleiko

America’s Sexiest Man

Once voted “America’s Sexiest Man” by Cosmopolitan magazine, Republican Scott Brown is a former U.S. Senator, a current U.S. Senate candidate, a rock musician, a triathlete, a basketball coach, a Trump supporter and now the subject of a scathing Bill Donahue profile.

The Washington Sun
Edited by Alexa McMahon

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August 29, 2026September 14, 2026 by jpalleiko

Revolutions

Joël Kyaviro has overcome violence, poverty and the Ebola crisis to become the best cyclist ever to emerge from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. How far can he go?

Now Voyager
Edited by Mark Jannot

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July 10, 2026September 2, 2026 by jpalleiko

Can The Corner Store Rise From The Ashes?

The Gilmanton Corner Store reopens after being closed for over a decade.

Panoptica.ai 
Edited by Matt Zeigler

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July 1, 2026September 2, 2026 by jpalleiko

“We’re going to watch them die.”

Nine coal miners were trapped underground in a surging flood. Then the rescue effort began.

Popular Mechanics
Edited by Leah Flickinger

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June 26, 2026September 2, 2026 by jpalleiko

Working for The Man

At Rwanda’s monthly nationwide work party, Umuganda, thousands of volunteers carried their shovels to a pep rally and then, chanting, paid tribute to their “supreme coach”–Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame.

Bloomberg Weekend 
Edited by Silvia Killingsworth

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June 13, 2026September 2, 2026 by jpalleiko

Sprinting Everest

Two super athletes speed climb Mount Everest, seeking to notch a Fastest Known Time.

National Geographic 
Edited by William O’Connor

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February 14, 2026September 2, 2026 by jpalleiko

Polluters Pay

Having passed a “Climate Superfund” Bill, Vermont is trying to make oil companies pay for the damage caused by the floods and fires brought on by climate change.

Natural Resources Defense Council
Edited by Melissa Mahony

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February 14, 2026September 2, 2026 by jpalleiko

Tuesday Night Lights

In which the author seeks glory and finds salvation racing at night on cross-country skis, on a golf course in the Boston suburbs.

Boston Magazine 
Edited by Chris Vogel

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February 14, 2026September 2, 2026 by jpalleiko

Ben Ogden’s Secret History

How Olympic medalist skier Ben Ogden found his groove in the backwoods of Vermont.

Outside
Edited by Frederick Dreier

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