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Mattathias Schwartz

Politics

The Last Handoff

It was a fraught, utterly uncharted presidential transition—four years ago, from Obama to Trump. It was a prelude for so much that followed.

Mattathias Schwartz New York Times Magazine Jan 2021 30min Permalink

Politics

The Advocate

William Barr’s state of emergency.

Mattathias Schwartz New York Times Magazine Jun 2020 30min Permalink

Politics

The Messenger

Mike Pompeo’s mission: clean up Trump’s messes.

Mattathias Schwartz The New York Times Magazine Mar 2019 25min Permalink

Politics Science

Maria’s Bodies

Hurricane Maria was a natural catastrophe. The aftermath is a man-made disaster.

Mattathias Schwartz New York Dec 2017 35min Permalink

Best Article

The Golden Touch

Attending the two-day-long “Crap$ 101” course, where aspiring craps players learn the Golden Touch system of betting, visualize dice tosses, and pursue the elusive “controlled throw.”

Mattathias Schwartz Harper's Dec 2008 30min Permalink

Best Article Tech

The Trolls Among Us

Inside the real lives of people who came early to intentionally provoking, confusing, and generally screwing with strangers online.

Mattathias Schwartz New York Times Magazine Aug 2008 20min Permalink

Politics

Scenes From A Donald Trump Victory Party

“We’re the fucking establishment now. You and I. We’re not…” the young red hat, encircled by his squad, pantomimed the old establishment with a swaying, limp-wristed dance. “We won. Fuck them.”

Mattathias Schwartz The Intercept Nov 2016 Permalink

Politics

Beheld Live at the RNC

A report from the convention floor.

  1. Part 1: Donald Trump’s United States of #MAGA

  2. Part 2: Donald Trump’s War on Islam

Mattathias Schwartz The Intercept Jul 2016 25min Permalink

Crime

The Whole Haystack

The N.S.A. claims it needs access to all our phone records. But is that the best way to catch a terrorist?

Mattathias Schwartz New Yorker Jan 2015 35min Permalink

Business

The Church of Warren Buffett

At the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway in Omaha.

Mattathias Schwartz Harper's Jan 2010 30min Permalink

Crime Politics

A Mission Gone Wrong

A bungled operation in Honduras and the enduring ineffectiveness of America’s war on drugs.

Mattathias Schwartz New Yorker Jan 2014 35min Permalink

Best Article Crime

A Massacre in Jamaica

After the United States demanded the extradition of a drug lord, a bloodletting ensued.

Mattathias Schwartz New Yorker Dec 2011 30min Permalink

Business

Pre-Occupied

The Occupy Wall Street origin story.

Mattathias Schwartz New Yorker Nov 2011 25min Permalink

Firing Line

The Appleseed Project is ostensibly a traveling marksmanship school - but what else is it teaching?

Mattathias Schwartz New York Times Magazine Jul 2010 Permalink