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racing’s deadliest day

The 1955 crash at Le Mans happened in an era when drivers often died at the wheel, but it’s also a horrific case of technology outpacing safety standards. (Esses, 2024.)

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the invention of objectivity

Journalists once held themselves to impossible standards of impartiality. What happens when they stop trying? (The Atlantic, 2023.)

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a gentleman and a thief

Arthur Barry transformed himself from a hoodlum into a dapper cat burglar who charmed the public—and some of his victims, too. (New York Times, 2024.)

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