Pamela Anderson attends the premiere of Netflix's "Pamela, a love story". Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images hide caption
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An artisanal miner carries a sack of ore at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi, DRC, on Oct. 12, 2022. Junior Kannah/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy
As soda consumption has dropped in the West, companies are making an effort to woo new customers in other places. This Coke bottle ad is in Mozambique. Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images hide caption
"I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," says neurosurgeon Henry Marsh. "I suddenly felt much less certain about how I'd been [as a doctor], how I'd handled patients, how I'd spoken to them." Image Source/Getty Images hide caption
After cancer diagnosis, a neurosurgeon sees life, death and his career in a new way
The Texas and the ATF flags fly at half staff April 23, 1993, over the only structure left standing after a fire destroyed the the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas on April 19. J. David Ake/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
30 years after the siege, 'Waco' examines what led to the catastrophe
"Master Slave Husband Wife" reconstructs the dramatic escape of a couple from slavery in 1848. Simon & Schuster hide caption
These workers were promised green cards following Hurricane Katrina. Instead they were issued temporary visas that bound them to a single employer. Courtesy of Ted Quant/Workman hide caption
Sold an American Dream, these workers from India wound up living a nightmare
Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Lévy's new graphic novel Queenie: Godmother of Harlem revives the forgotten story of Harlem mob boss Stephanie Saint Clair AKA Queenie in the form of a mafia thriller. Elizabeth Colomba, Aurélie Lévy/Abrams Comicarts - Megascope hide caption
Is the U.S. government designating too many documents as 'classified'?
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2022 in the wake of the decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. faces 'unprecedented uncertainty' regarding abortion law, legal scholar says
Want to understand the U.S.? This historian says the South holds the key
George Saunders on how a slaughterhouse and some obscene poems shaped his writing
A woman stands on a scale. Rick Elkins/Getty Images hide caption
Writer Aubrey Gordon wants to change the way people think and talk about fatness, including how the word "fat" is used. Beth Olson/Beacon Press hide caption
An self-portrait of Deena Mohamed, author of the graphic novel Shubeik Lubeik — a fantasy story of making wishes in modern-day Egypt. Deena Mohamed hide caption
Lauren Fleshman's memoir, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World, is a memoir and a critique of how the sports world treats female athletes. Ryan Warner/Oiselle hide caption
The sports world is still built for men. This elite runner wants to change that
'Bad Sex' and how the sexual revolution left women's desires behind
Banned Books: Maia Kobabe explores gender identity in 'Gender Queer'
Robert Gottlieb describes editing as a service job: "Our job is to serve the word, serve the author, serve the text." Thomas Victor/Courtesy of the Estate of Thomas Victor, LLC / Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
He's edited Caro, le Carré and 'Catch-22,' but doesn't mind if you don't know his name
