Oskar Groening, an SS officer whose duties included counting confiscated money, describes his time posted to Auschwitz.
Editor’s note: At age 94, Groening was convicted yesterday of 300,000 counts of accessory to murder and sentenced to four years in prison.
Life with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
A short but comprehensive history of solanum tuberosa.
When Jeb Bush married his wife, it was the bravest thing he’d ever done. Her role in his life is still a mystery.
The broadcasting behemoth is up for a charter renewal in the United Kingdom, and it’s exposing every crack in the organization.
On the modern era’s answer to James Baldwin.
For a time, NGOs thought they’d eradicated the disease. But now it’s back.
The murky legacy of the former Attorney General.
On mirror-touch synethesia, the power (or curse) of knowing exactly how others feel.
Loretta Young, Clark Gable and the truth behind one of old Hollywood’s greatest scandals.
A casino failed to save Tunica, Mississippi.
How the world’s most notorious drug lord was captured.
Previously: Patrick Radden Keefe on the Longform Podcast.
On Keith Richards’ autobiography.
There’s some very sensible advice on how to take drugs, too.
To date, more than 500 people have been killed by police in America. This is the story of one, Charly Keunang.
Revisiting California’s grape vines more than 70 years after the publication of The Grapes of Wrath.
The best women’s tennis player of all-time opens up.
On what’s in a name.
The case of Richard Glossip, whose failed Supreme Court challenge of execution methods now leaves him waiting for death. But he still insists he’s innocent.
He may not be the surest bet for the Presidency, but Bernie Sanders might be the most interesting candidate in the race.
A global outpouring of generosity after the massacre in January has left the satirical magazine rich. Its leftist staffers have conflicted feelings about that.
Two pairs of identical twins mismatched in a hospital happen upon each other in their twenties.
Christopher Catambrone wants to help illegal migrants who try to cross the Mediterranean in ill-equipped, unsafe boats. But it’s hard to do alone.
A girl's interaction before her Coming Out dance.
"I had no idea about myself, whether I was pretty or different or what. That I had not yet attracted a boyfriend was a failure that weighed on my mind. If I was pretty, I figured, I would have one already. But if I was different, a fresh idea for me, that would explain the problem, for I thought that boys didn’t like girls who weren’t the same as every other girl they knew. I didn’t play varsity sports and look like it, and I wasn’t fey, I didn’t play an instrument or go in for the arts. I was smart, though. “Boys are intimidated by your intellect,” my married sister once told me, meaning it as a compliment. But I didn’t act nearly as smart as I was, so I couldn’t believe that was true."
Collections Sponsored
This collection is sponsored by Alarm Grid, a new kind of home security company. No contracts, no activation costs, no hidden fees. Try it today and get your first month free.
The Runaways, their manager Kim Fowley, and the rape of the band’s bassist, long kept a secret.
