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Best Article History

Up and Then Down

The lives of elevators.

Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Apr 2008 30min Permalink

Best Article Crime

Trial By Fire

The arson case that may have led Texas to execute an innocent man.

David Grann New Yorker Sep 2009 1h5min Permalink

Best Article Crime History

The Falling Man

In the days after 9/11, a photo of an unknown man falling from the South Tower appeared in publications across the globe. This is the story of that photograph, and of the search to find the man pictured in it.

Tom Junod Esquire Sep 2003 30min Permalink

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The American Man at Age Ten

A profile of a suburban New Jersey fifth-grader named Colin Duffy.

Susan Orlean Esquire Dec 1992 20min Permalink

Best Article History

“Oh My God—We Hit a Little Girl”

The true story of M Company: from Fort Dix to Vietnam in 50 days.

John Sack Esquire Oct 1966 1h55min Permalink

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Wading Toward Home

Less than a week after Katrina, Michael Lewis goes home to New Orleans.

Michael Lewis New York Times Magazine Oct 2005 Permalink

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Playing Doc's Games

Surfing San Francisco with a true believer.

William Finnegan New Yorker Aug 1992 1h15min Permalink

Best Article World

Let’s Die Together

The rise of anonymous group suicide in Japan.

David Samuels The Atlantic May 2007 20min Permalink

Up in the Old Hotel

Joseph Mitchell immerses himself in the Fulton Fish Market.

Joseph Mitchell New Yorker Jun 1952 45min Permalink