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The New Yorker presents the longlists for Young People’s Literature.

Will the children be returned to the couple’s mansion? As the judge reaches a decision, Ava examines a confidential court file and makes a startling discovery.

One of the surrogates secretly takes home the baby she carried. And, in an unprecedented circumstance, it seems like she might have the chance to keep her.

It takes a village to create such a large family. Ava uncovers how the stunning lack of regulation in the surrogacy industry enabled the couple’s plans.

Ava investigates what is going on inside the Arcadia mansion. What is the couple actually up to? And why do they want so many kids?

A woman in Texas agrees to carry a child for a wealthy couple in California. She thinks she’s helping a family in need. Then she becomes a whistle-blower.

The tech world has long been run by iconoclasts whose ideas about right and wrong are self-consciously different from those of most people.

Marriage is hard; an arrangement is sexy, bold, mature. Getting married says, “I’m a romantic.” Having an arrangement says, “I know how the world works.”



Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? Examining a scandal that threatens to undermine the surrogacy industry.

Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? A five-part series from In the Dark investigates.

From the daily newsletter: the son-in-law of Donald Trump, has been given an extraordinary international brief in recent years, but has little regard for the craft of diplomacy.

The director of “The History of Concrete” discusses the value of comedy, NIMBYs, and making films out of both found moments and the rules that govern the Hallmark Channel.