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ASHOLES

The Real Cost Of Asos's Fast Fashion

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The heart of the online retailer’s global empire is a giant warehouse in the north of England where workers say they are treated like machines to get your order to you wherever you are in the world.

THE FACE OF FEAR

Meet The Charming, Terrifying Face Of The Anti-Islam Lobby

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The anti-Islam group ACT for America has a direct line to Donald Trump. Now, it has seized on allegations of a hideous crime in Idaho’s Magic Valley to spread its reach among regular Americans.

A PHONE IN THE HAND ISN'T WORTH IT

What Are Our Gadgets Actually Doing To Us?

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More people are using multiple electronics for more hours a day, starting at ever earlier ages. But we weren’t built for them.

REST IN PIECES OF CONTENT

I Went To My Own Digital Funeral

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After years of posting indiscriminately to social media, I was suddenly faced with uncomfortable questions about what will happen to all of it when I die.

FREE AT LAST

Jailed When Her Boyfriend Killed Her Son, She Is At Last Free

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Across the country, women are locked up for decades because their children were abused — not by the women themselves but by their boyfriends or husbands. Arlena Lindley finally free after serving nine years in prison.

NOT SO SMART NOW, ARE THEY?

The Industry That Was Crushed By The Obama Administration

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In early 2009, the seven largest publicly traded college operators were worth a combined $51 billion. Today, they’ve been all but wiped out.

THE BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO STOP TRUMP

How A Decision In May Changed The General Election

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It’s hard to remember now, but Hillary Clinton once cast Donald Trump as a product of the same old Republican extremism Democrats always talk about.

ASSIMILATED BY THE BERG

I Let Facebook’s Algorithms Run My Life For Weeks

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How I destroyed my feed, annoyed my relatives, and maybe even found true friendship in the process.

'SAD VICTIMHOOD IS NOT HER STYLE'

How Angelina Jolie Controls Her Narrative Better Than Anyone Else In The Game

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Jolie’s ultimate skill and unrivaled savvy has always stemmed from treating her image not as the defining core of her life, but an accessory of it.

THEY WANT IT ALL, THEY WANT IT NOW

The Algorithm That Predicts What The Ultra-Wealthy Want

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What do you get the ultra-luxury hotel guests who have everything? A computer program that analyzes their TripAdvisor reviews to figure out what they want.

A DIFFERENT LOOK

Wrap Star

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Thirty minutes from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, Yasemin Kanar broadcasts hijab styling-tutorials to her tens of thousands of fans. At a time when Muslim representation is vital, can she build her platform while maintaining the modesty that’s central to her faith?

A FIGHT OF FANTASY

The Man Who Wants To Beat FanDuel And DraftKings At Their Own Game

6 diggs BuzzFeed Sports Business Culture Internet Long Reads 1w

Las Vegas legend Vic Salerno wants to reinvent daily fantasy sports by playing by the rules. But in a fast-changing, hard-charging, Wild West of an industry, will that be enough?

A UNIFIED MESSAGE

Trump Campaign Says Trump Is No Longer A Birther — Right After He Refuses To Say Whether He Believes Obama Was Born In The US

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Donald Trump is refusing to say President Obama was born in the United States, telling the Washington Post in an article published Thursday he’ll answer the question “at the right time.” But soon after publication, the Trump's spokesman released a statement saying that the candidate concluded in 2011 that Obama was born in the US.

THE REVOLUTION WILL BE STREAMED

The Unprecedented Standing Rock Protest

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Streaming, posting, and updating from “Facebook Hill” in the Sacred Stone Camp, thousands of protesters against a new oil pipeline have made their fight impossible to ignore.

STUCK IN THE PAST

How The Crack Epidemic Crippled Three Generations Of A Family

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Years ago, his grandfather set in motion a cycle of imprisonment that has trapped his family. Now Sheldon Johnson must carry the burden of his name.

'I'M NOT DENYING IT'

Colin Powell Calls Trump A 'Racist' And A 'National Disgrace' In Leaked Emails

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The website DCLeaks.com — which has reported, but not confirmed, ties to Russian intelligence services — obtained Powell’s emails.

YOU HAD ONE (ADMITTEDLY DIFFICULT) JOB

Condoleezza Rice: If Rumsfeld, Pentagon Had Done Their Job, Iraq Might Have Turned Out Different

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Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell exchanged emails in 2015 criticizing comments made by their former Bush administration colleague.

FOLLOWING HUNGER STRIKE

Chelsea Manning To Receive Gender Transition Surgery According To Lawyer

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The military’s decision — which the military will not confirm — follows a recommendation made by Manning’s psychologist more than five months ago.

BACK FROM THE EDGE

What It's Like To Be Dying Of AIDS — And Then Survive

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Edwin J. Bernard lives by the sea, up four flights of stairs, in a small, bright attic overlooking the English Channel. As seagulls squawk through the open window and sea air billows in, a tiny picture sits near the windowsill. It is Bernard in 1995 with his arm round another man. His name was Craig. He didn’t make it.

OUT OF HAND, OUT OF MIND

When Detectives Dismiss Rape Reports Before Investigating Them

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Across the country, some police departments claim a vast number of rape reports are false — even when the man had been arrested for rape before.