Longform

The stories of women who “are operating at unprecedented levels on every floor of CIA headquarters and throughout its far-flung global outposts.”

An NBA lottery pick and drug addict tries to rebuild his life.

On a centuries-long war that may be coming to an end.

The internet has made porn ubiquitous. It’s also ruined the industry.

The home of The Americans, Fargo, and The People v. O.J. Simpson is run by John Landgraf, aka “the Mayor of Television.”

A profile of the congressman turned morning show host, who spends his free time working on a musical about Donald Trump.

“The final evaluation of a play has nothing to do with immediate audience or critical response. The playwright, along with any writer, composer, painter in this society, has got to have a terribly private view of his own value, of his own work. He's got to listen to his own voice primarily. He's got to watch out for fads, for what might be called the critical aesthetics.”

A reporter learns to slice lox—and digs into a Los Angeles landmark’s millions in debt.

How Yvon Chouinard turned his eco-conscious, anti-corporate ideals into the credo of a successful clothing company.

A wandering food writer goes home.

She entered the national spotlight after she live streamed the death of her boyfriend, Philando Castile, who was shot by police during a traffic stop. This is Diamond Reynolds’s life today.

Exploring the crime-ridden depths of the internet with Opsec, a former professional hacker.

“As my acting career developed, I was no longer cast as a radical Muslim – except at the airport.”

A bear in human woman skin ventures into the city.

A harrowing journey through Alaskan waters in an ancient tugboat.

As editor-in-chief of Variety, Peter Bart was one of the most powerful people in the entertainment industry. This piece got him suspended.

Scientist George Price discovered an equation for altruism. First he let go of his possessions. Then he took his own life.

The fire department working a desolate New Mexico mesa is made up of 15 anarchists and recluses and led by a friendly giant whose job is to be an administrator in a place that defies administration.

“Political argument has been having a terrible century. Instead of arguing, everyone from next-door neighbors to members of Congress has got used to doing the I.R.L. equivalent of posting to the comments section: serially fulminating.”

With prices spiralling, poachers are digging for ginseng in the North Carolina hills.

A profile of Hank Williams III.

The 7th grader’s sext was meant to impress him. It nearly destroyed her.