Does Beto O’Rourke Stand a Chance Against Ted Cruz?
Riding along with the El Paso congressman.
Riding along with the El Paso congressman.
Eric Benson Texas Monthly Dec 2017 35min Permalink
Twelve new ways of measuring Hollywood’s gender imbalance.
Walt Hickey, Ella Koeze, Rachael Dottle, Gus Wezerek FiveThirtyEight Dec 2017 10min Permalink
How the media company failed to create “a safe and inclusive workplace” for women.
Emily Steel New York Times Dec 2017 15min Permalink
Leïla Slimani’s best-seller explores the dark relationship of a mother and her babysitter.
Lauren Collins New Yorker Dec 2017 30min Permalink
Decades after the company tried to tackle sexual misconduct at two Chicago plants, harassment and assault continues.
Susan Chira, Catrin Einhorn New York Times Dec 2017 25min Permalink
Hurricane Maria was a natural catastrophe. The aftermath is a man-made disaster.
Mattathias Schwartz New York Dec 2017 35min Permalink
A young couple, their warring families, and the risks of marrying for love in India.
Mansi Choksi Harper's Dec 2017 30min Permalink
Life after Get Out.
Wesley Morris New York Times Magazine Dec 2017 25min Permalink
A writer prepares for the possibility of meeting a lost lover.
Esmé Weijun Wang Lenny Letter Dec 2017 10min Permalink
For the Never Trumpers, “Trumpism is more than a freakish blight on the republic. It is a moral test.”
Sam Tanenhaus Esquire Dec 2017 20min Permalink
A profile of the director.
Zach Baron GQ Dec 2017 20min Permalink
Tina Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, is the founder of Women in the World. Her latest book is The Vanity Fair Diaries.
“I believed that my bravado had no limit, if you know what I mean. I see limits now, let’s put it that way. I do see limits. But you know, I’m still pretty reckless when I want something. That’s why I don’t tweet much. I’ll say something that will just cause me too much trouble.”
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Dec 2017 Permalink
On Joan Didion.
Patricia Lockwood London Review of Books Dec 2017 10min Permalink
After a cop walks into his station and confesses to murder, an investigation reveals the toll of lethal force on both sides of the gun.
Wendy Gillis The Toronto Star Dec 2017 35min Permalink
Steve Acheson finds a different form of protest.
Barrett Swanson Orion Dec 2017 35min Permalink
Kobe Bryant knows who he is, and he’s happy to tell you all about it.
Chuck Klosterman GQ Mar 2015 15min Permalink
A profile of the irrepressible Trump campaign foreign-policy adviser.
Jason Zengerle The New York Times Magazine Dec 2017 15min Permalink
How the hospitality world rents space for physicians to train.
ELIZABETH CULLIFORD Reuters Dec 2017 10min Permalink
The journey to recover three bodies from Mt. Everest.
John Branch New York Times Dec 2017 50min Permalink
What it means to be beautiful in the most populous country on earth.
Jiayang Fan New Yorker Dec 2017 30min Permalink
Culture profoundly shapes our ideas about mental illness, which is something psychologist Nev Jones knows all too well.
David Dobbs Pacific Standard Oct 2017 45min Permalink
What happens to American children when their parents are deported?
Brooke Jarvis New York Times Magazine Dec 2017 20min Permalink
Best Article Arts Business Media
A review of several books on Rupert Murdoch first criticizes the authors for not grasping the many sides of their subject, then offers a thesis of its own. He’s “not so much a man, or a cultural force, as a portrait of the modern world.”
John Lanchester London Review of Books Feb 2004 25min Permalink
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s widow on addiction, loss, and recovery.
Mimi O'Donnell Vogue Dec 2017 15min Permalink
Why did Yousef Muslet face life in prison for an everyday gesture?
Matt Wolfe The New Republic Aug 2017 40min Permalink