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What the search indexes
The index covers every published article in the archive, every contributor page, every department landing, and the standing reference pages (About, Editorial Guidelines, Style Guide, Methodology, Disclosure ledger, Corrections log). It does not cover draft pieces.
How the search works
The publication uses Pagefind, a static-site search library that ships a small precomputed index with the site. Your browser downloads the index on demand the first time you search, then runs every subsequent query against the local copy. No query is sent to the publication or to a third party.
If a search fails
If you find a search that should return a piece and does not, send the query to editors at blackboxnotes dot com and we will look at the index. Sometimes a misspelling in a published piece confuses the search; sometimes the publication's terminology has drifted and the search index has not caught up.