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Ben Kesslen
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Ben Kesslen
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Recent Work

The Trans Panic in Sports Is Nearly a Century Old | The Nation

Desiree Akhavan’s Second Coming of Age | PAPER Magazine

Finding Comfort in a Haircut | The New York Times

Who Ate Where | New York Magazine

Judge Engoron’s $355 Million Penalty Makes One Thing Clear | Slate

Selected Writing

How the idea of a ‘transgender contagion’ went viral—and caused untold harm | MIT Technology Review

Gone Are ‘Daddy’ Days. These Are ‘Mother’ Times. | The New York Times

Reasons to Love New York Right Now #9: Because we have a politician who goes out all the time (not to Zero Bond) | New York Magazine

New Mexico Democrats’ false promise of free college | NBC News

In Wyoming, a Covid-19 surge, a struggling oil economy, and a haven for the super-rich | NBC News

NYC Shoe Shiners struggle to stay alive without Midtown office workers | NBC News

Not swayed by experts — or Dolly: Tennessee vaccination rates stall as delta spreads | NBC News

Homeless services in Alaska face uncertain future as state cuts back | NBC News

Confusing rules, loopholes and legal issues: College vaccination plans are a mess | NBC News

In South Dakota, trans youth just want health care and peace. Politicians are making that difficult. | NBC News

A queer oasis in rural Arkansas | NBC News

Why Pro-Palestinian support is growing in the U.S. | NBC News

Graduate students are fighting to unionize | NBC News

One publisher's legal battle over an Arkansas law banning Israel boycotts | NBC News

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