long reads
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Inside the Classrooms at the Center of the Church-State Battle
Louisiana wants to put the Ten Commandments in classrooms — and that’s just the beginning
- Holy War
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Is the $11 Billion Online Sportsbook Bubble About to Burst?
From Vegas to the black market to the apps in your pocket, inside the sports betting boom that’s taken over America
- You Bet
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'It Is Time to Break It Up': Inside the DOJ's Blockbuster Lawsuit Against Live Nation
The Justice Department has accused the live-music behemoth of “abuse, exploitation, and self-dealing.” Live Nation says the DOJ is “being extremely disingenuous” about why the system is broken. The battle could decide the future of the concert industry
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Nicki Nicole Says Her Next Album Is ‘So Much More Epic’
The singer is ready to share new music, launch her first U.S. tour, and show people a side of her they’ve never seen
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Stormy Daniels Versus the World
After facing off with Donald Trump in court, Daniels is ready to move on — and isn’t interested in being anyone’s hero
- Exclusive
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Francis Ford Coppola: 'I Have Nothing Left to Lose'
The filmmaker opens up about four decades of chasing 'Megalopolis,' how 'The Godfather' changed his life, and what's next for him
- The Rolling Stone Interview
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Craig Mack Was Bad Boy’s First Star. What Led Him to a Doomsday Community?
Thirty years ago, the “Flava in Ya Ear” rapper helped put Bad Boy on the map. He’d eventually shun the industry, seeking salvation before his death among an extremist religious group
- Exclusive
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How Second Amendment Radicals Are Attacking Laws Meant to Keep Firearms Out of the Wrong Hands
An investigation by The Trace and Rolling Stone exposes the ugly campaign to undermine a bipartisan compromise to stop mass shootings
- Targeting the Law
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He Took a Psychedelic to Cure His Addiction. It Was His Last Trip
When a 49-year-old American died at an ibogaine clinic in Mexico, it raised a serious question: Just how safe is it to take the mind-opening drug?
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Inside Sammy Davis Jr.'s Secret Satanic Past
How a TV pilot called ‘Poor Devil’ begat a friendship between the performer and Anton Szandor LaVey, founder and high priest of the Church of Satan
- Dance with the Devil
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