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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
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When Death Is Chasing You

Diyar used to help his dad prep Kurdish fighters' corpses for burial. Today, he's trying his best not to be one.

Having fled their home in a Kurdish populated area of Syria, Ali and Diyar Khalil, father and son, were out of the strike zone but not really out of trouble: a Turkish bomb had hit a water treatment plant leaving half a million individuals without drinking water. Which meant that when I tracked them down they apologized for not being able to offer me a cup of tea.

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The Mao-Era School Shutdown That Forever Changed Education in China

The future of more than 100 million Chinese students was sacrificed at the altar of Mao's Cultural Revolution.

The handwritten poster was painted with large Chinese characters and was plastered on the public bulletin of Peking University. It was May 25, 1966. Just a few days earlier, China's leader, Mao Zedong, had purged senior officials from the country’s Communist Party, accusing them of being bourgeois traitors in disguise.

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The Filthy Secrets Uncovered by the Quarantine

OZY’s Eugene S. Robinson addresses queries from the love-weary in “Sex With Eugene.”

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Want to Sue Someone on a Court Reality Show? Ask Me How

If you're a fighter with a fashion business and you get ripped off, what do you do? Brand-pimp on daytime TV, natch!

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She Bilked Japan’s Banks in the Run-Up to the Lost Decade

The story of the Dark Lady of Osaka encapsulates the excesses and absurdity of Japan’s bubble era.

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I Sleep With Homeless Men

I'm not homeless but had sex with two homeless men within the span of six days. This shouldn't be shocking.

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The Unheralded Women Behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Montgomery bus boycott launched the American civil rights movement, and these women helped launch Montgomery.

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How Drive-Through Coronavirus Testing Took Over the World

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