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My town, once celebrated for its laid-back weirdness, is now a turbocharged tech megalopolis being shaped by exiles from places like Silicon Valley.
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A curious legal crusade to redefine personhood is raising profound questions about the interdependence of the animal and human kingdoms.
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Stopping transmission blocks the opportunity for viral mutation. Vaccination is the only means we have of standing in the virus’s way.
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The mistakes and the struggles behind America’s coronavirus tragedy.
PBS News Hour, “3 Tragic Mistakes that Made the 2020 Pandemic Worse” 12/28/20
Amanpour & Co., “Lawrence Wright Discusses ‘The Plague Year’” Televised Interview with Christiane Amanpour 01/05
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The plague marked the end of the Middle Ages and the start of a great cultural renewal. Could the coronavirus, for all its destruction, offer a similar opportunity for radical change?
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An ever-expanding group of people who have been infected and recovered could provide invaluable antibodies for COVID-19 patients and return to work.
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On Thursday, journalists, lawmakers, human-rights advocates, and friends will gather to remember Jamal Khashoggi, and to stand up for those who have the courage to expose wrongdoing by the powerful.
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Will the booms and busts of the energy industry always dominate the state?
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With right-wing zealots taking over the legislature even as the state’s demographics shift leftward, Texas has become the nation’s bellwether.
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Remembering an iconic journalist who's work transcended borders and told unforgetable stories through his own unique voice and perspective.
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The Arab world has lost a brave and perhaps irreplaceable voice.
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The wily former head of Pakistan’s spy agency fanned the Taliban into a roaring flame and congratulated his countrymen for harboring Osama bin Laden.
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It is not clear what the U.S. hostage was doing in the ISIS weapons warehouse near Raqqa where she reportedly died.
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Families whose children were held captive by ISIS in Syria felt that U.S. officials had abandoned them. So they secretly joined forces.
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Why are twenty-eight pages of Congress’s report on the 9/11 attacks still classified?
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For Jimmy Carter, the Camp David Accords were an answer to prayer. But little about the negotiations felt divine.
In anticipation of his forthcoming play, Camp David, which tells the story of the 1978 peace treaty forged between Israel and Egypt, Wright describes the importance of religion in brokering this legendary pact.
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Wright rebukes a recent court decision approving the use of N.S.A. wiretapping.
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U.S. Support for Pakistan: A Long, Messy History
Wright explores the unintended consequences of American funding in Pakistan.
Roundtable on ABC's This Week (May 8, 2011)
Roundtable on PBS NewsHour (May 9, 2011)
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Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology
NBC's Today Show (February 7, 2011)
Audio Interview on NPR's Fresh Air (February 8, 2011)
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Can Bolivia become the Saudi Arabia of the electric-car era?
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What really happened during the Israeli attacks?
Audio Interview on NPR's Fresh Air (June 22, 2010)
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Wright writes about Carlos Slim, the Mexican businessman who is one of the wealthiest men in the world and who invested $250 million in The New York Times.
Wright answers some questions about the article on The New Yorker’s News Desk Blog.
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Dr. Fadl, Al-Qaeda mastermind, questions terrorism.
Audio Interview on NPR's All Things Considered (May 24, 2008)
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The new director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, has a controversial plan to tighten national security.
Audio Interview with Terri Gross on NPR's "Fresh Air"
Audio Interview with Lawrence Wright for the New Yorker website.Wright talks with Matt Dellinger about McConnell’s ideas for refor
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