"I Refuse to Cater to the Bullshit of Innocence"
An interview with Maurice Sendak.
Chana Joffe-Walt is a producer and reporter at This American Life. Her latest story is "Five Women."
“I felt like there was more to learn from these stories, more than just which men are bad and shouldn’t have the Netflix special that they wanted to have. And I was interested, also, in that there were groups of women, and that somehow, in having a group of women, you would have variation of experience. There could be a unifying person who they all experienced, but they would inevitably experience that person differently. And that would raise the question of: Why? And I feel like there is this response: ‘Why did she stay?’ Or: ‘Why didn’t she say fuck you?’ Or: ‘I wouldn’t have been upset by that. I wouldn’t have been offended by that thing.’ Which I feel like is a natural response, but also has a lack of curiosity. There are actual answers to those questions that are interesting.”
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Amid a Sea of Voices, Vox’s Carlos Maza Breaks Through
Explaining the explainer.
New York City Hoops Are No Stranger to Basketball Scandals
The latest federal NCAA probe is no different.
The 2018 National Magazine Award Winners
Does Recovery Kill Great Writing?
The author faces this question as she emerges from alcoholism.
There's No Scientific Basis for Race
It’s a made-up label.
Rex Tillerson at the Breaking Point
How long will the Secretary of State have his job?
Suicides, Drug Addiction and High School Football
“We need your help,” she said.
Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet
The future of online speech.
Feet in Smoke
An essay about the weeks after the author’s brother nearly died.
Ball Breakers
“The reason women-only billiards tournaments exist is not because the players can’t beat men. It’s because they can.”
Let's Go to Jerusalem for Soup Again
An essay on how we misremember our youth.
Bitcoin Is Ridiculous. Blockchain Is Dangerous
The true believers won’t stop until they’ve remade the world.
The Story of the Internet, As Told By Know Your Meme
After 10 years of documenting memes, nobody has seen this much shit.
Mother Justice
When her son was sentenced to 25 years for Brooklyn’s 2003 “grid kid” slaying, Doreen Quinn Giuliano was sure he’d been wrongfully convicted. To prove it, she went undercover, testing her sanity, her marriage, and the justice system.
The Killers of Kiev
If you are an enemy of Putin, there’s one city where intrigue and assassins are bound to follow you.
Gray Hat
Marcus Hutchins stopped one of the most dangerous cyberattacks ever. Then the FBI arrested him.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Railroad Blues"
Small town loneliness, memories, and mistakes.
The Male Glance
How the way we’re taught to look at female-centric TV, books and movies is ruining our ability to see good art.
Dragonman, the Man Who Sells "People-Hunting Guns"
Meet Mel Bernstein. He goes by the name Dragonman, and he’s one of the largest independent purveyors of firearms in the western United States, and the self-proclaimed most armed man in America. At Dragonland—his home, shop, shooting range, and military museum outside Colorado Springs—no gun sells quicker than the weapon used in the most recent mass shooting. Amidst a new gun conversation, it’s business as usual. But even here, it turns out there’s a price to pay.
The Longform Guide to Sad Retired Athletes
Iverson, Canseco, TO, and DiMaggio — a collection of picks on post-career woe.
When Winter Never Ends
The twilight of future Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki.
Joe Weisenthal is the executive editor of news for Bloomberg Digital and the co-host of What’d You Miss? and Odd Lots.
"If I don’t say yes to this, then I can never say yes to anything again. Because when else am I going to get a chance in life to co-host a tv show? Even if it’s terrible, and I’m terrible at it, and it’s cancelled after three months, and everyone thinks it’s awful, for the rest of my life, I’ll be able to say I co-hosted a cable TV show. And so I was like, you know what—I have to say yes to this."
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Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier
How the ex-spy tried to warn the world about Trump’s ties to Russia.
