Chills, by Lauren Wolfe

Chills, by Lauren Wolfe

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Is it cold in here?
A few days ago, I got a call from an unknown number. “Hello?” “Is this Lauren?” a man said. “Yes,” I said. “Who is this?” “How are your chills?” he…
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Today’s school shooter was a woman, but 98 percent of mass shooters are male. Why?
It’s not a matter of ‘boys will be boys.’
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Depleted but not defeated
This morning, my father texted to tell me that he is looking forward to my next Chills column.
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Calling all hags!
A brave woman's lawsuit against Trump is afoot.
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How a journalist chases a monster, Part 1
The first in a series that pulls back the curtain on seven years of reporting.
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I am Jewish. I say that because I’m scared.
Don’t believe for a second that any of us ‘others’ are safe.
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How a sick burn ignited the monster that was Prigozhin
His history in Syria is a legacy that needs reckoning.
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Trump: The prodigal profligate son has come home
His return is personal for all of us New Yorkers.
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The hypocrisy of journalists who call out bias
Often their words point to their own partisan mindset.
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Can we redefine American patriotism?
Ask the Ukrainians.
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Why have you never heard of Kavumu? Because media is broken.
Some insights from 20 years in journalism.
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I interviewed 4 WWII Nazis. And then I met a terrifying 5th. Was he real?
Former POWs in the U.S. revisited the Maine town where they'd been held.
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