The Best of Air Mail
6 most popular Air Mail articles, as voted by our community.
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The Word's Largest Ultra-Marathon, and a Great Leveler
The 56-mile "Comrades" ultra-marathon unites the otherwise deeply divided nation of South Africa.
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Stephen Glass's Biggest Lie
After he was exposed as a fabricator, the journalist swore he would always tell the truth. Fate forced him to lie again.
An American Answer to an American Problem
In David Kaufman's mind, reparations for slavery are "a solution as American as, well, slavery itself."
BeReal Isn't That Different from IG. IG is Copying BeReal.
And Cazzie David's anxiety is through the roof.
Inside Putin's Anti-Semitic Turn
The Kremlin is both increasingly anti-Semitic and intent on staunching the brain drain to Israel and the West.
The "Genetic Freak” Taking Over the Premier League
Erling Haaland, a 22-year-old from Norway, has a 1.6 goals–a–game record. That's higher than Lionel Messi's and Cristiano Ronaldo's.
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