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You Sly Dog • How a plucky, portable, infinitely adaptable sausage stole the heart of the whole doggone country

A Selective History of Gorging • HUMANS HAVE LONG SOUGHT TO TURN GLUTTONY INTO A VIRTUE—LEADING TO SOME REMARKABLE EPISODES OF COMPETITIVE EATING

GETTING SURREAL • Gertrude Abercrombie imbued canvases with the spirit of jazz—and the stuff of dreams

A Striking New Tactic • When automotive workers in Flint sat down at their jobs—and stood up for workers’ rights

On a Wing—and Some Flair • Daredevil pilot Nicole Malachowski performed a barrel-roll into history

Doing It All • THE PIONEERING SUFFRAGIST DID THE IMPOSSIBLE. A NEW BIOGRAPHY BRINGS US CLOSER TO HER THAN EVER BEFORE

GLOW UP! • The Switzer brothers created colors so bright they can blind you at high noon

Shifting Sands • THE SAHARA HAS CYCLED BETWEEN EONS OF BOUNTIFUL LIFE AND ARID DESOLATION. WHAT WILL IT MEAN WHEN THE WORLD’S LARGEST DESERT TURNS GREEN ONCE AGAIN?

MODERN MOVES • CHOREOGRAPHY THAT CHANGED THE LANGUAGE OF DANCE, AVANT-GARDE COSTUMES BY RUNWAY DESIGNERS, MUSIC THAT DEFINED A NEW AMERICAN SOUND. AS HER COMPANY TURNS 100, AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE ENDURING WORLD OF MARTHA GRAHAM

VOICE of DECEPTION • She was known as Vicky With Three Kisses—a German radio star whose singing and sweet talk comforted weary Nazi soldiers. She was actually a secret weapon in a little-known Allied propaganda effort

PAW PATROL • In central Texas, ranchers are beset by threats, from coyotes to drought and foreign competition. To protect their flocks from predators and help preserve their own way of life, they’re turning to the ancient know-how of man’s best friend

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