The Amazon That Customers Don't See
Each year, hundreds of thousands of workers churn through a vast mechanism that hires and monitors, disciplines and fires. Amid the pandemic, the already strained system lurched.
Crowded House
They thought that they’d found the perfect New York apartment. They weren’t alone.
The Enduring Legacy of Elijah McClain’s Tragic Death
The death of Elijah McClain prompted a flood of more than 8,500 letters from outside the state of Colorado—all begging Governor Jared Polis for justice. The author opens every one.
‘I Helped Destroy People’
Terry Albury, an idealistic F.B.I. agent, grew so disillusioned by the war on terror that he was willing to leak classified documents—and go to prison for doing it.
Cases of missing trans people are rarely solved. A married pair of forensic geneaologists is hoping to change that.
Seeking justice with the Trans Doe Task Force.
Margaritaville and the Myth of American Leisure
Margaritaville, as Parrotheads will tell you, is a state of mind. But it’s also—delightfully, sometimes inexplicably—a real place now open in Times Square.
When Doug and Ashley Benefield Started a Ballet Company, It Wasn’t Supposed to End in Death
The Charleston-based evangelicals had much in common: guns, God, Trump. What went wrong, only one of them could say.
The Girl In the Picture
A sketch artist and a grieving mother set out to solve a cold case. The more they dug, the more terrifying the truth became.
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering are documentary filmmakers. Their latest miniseries is Allen v. Farrow.
”We're constantly looking for those moments that happen before the story is ever told. Or those moments where someone is deciding to tell a story or is going through a process that they think is private. … We think there's something about getting the moment before the first moment that people normally see.”
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Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Wives
Inside the political battle over reproductive rights in Texas a decade ago.
Long Covid Is Everyone's Problem
Many long-haulers feel that science is failing them. Neglecting them could make the pandemic even worse.
How Social Media Became a Deadly Trap for a Minority Group in Pakistan
If you’re one of four million Ahmadis in Pakistan, posting on Facebook can mean exposing yourself to danger.
This Crazy Feeling of Infinity
When the Arlee Warriors cleared an astonishing path to the state basketball championship, they brought healing to the community.
Model, Mogul, Mother
Naomi Campbell, at 51, is discovering what comes after global icon.
Half Baked: How A Would-Be Cannabis Empire Went Up In Smoke
Rebecca Raffle came to Indianapolis from Los Angeles with dreams of building a cannabis empire. She introduced herself as a West Coast #girlboss, SEO ninja, LGBTQ Family, and avid baker. But she was altogether something different.
What Slime Knows
“There is no hierarchy in the web of life.”
The Journalist and the Pharma Bro
Why did Christie Smythe upend her life and stability for Martin Shkreli, one of the least-liked men in the world?
The Epic Family Feud Behind an Iconic American Weight-Loss Camp for Kids
For five decades, as the children at Camp Shane shed pounds, made friends, and found romance, a fierce succession drama was playing out.
The Ghosts of Archer City
Fifty years ago, The Last Picture Show changed the way the world saw small-town Texas and, in turn, the way the small town saw itself
Bad News
Selling the story of disinformation.
Armed Picnics and Snipers at Family Dollar: Life in a Town With a Government-Approved Militia
In Virginia, paramilitarism gets a rebrand.
The Dresden Job
When a rash of sensational museum robberies stunned Europe, police zeroed in on a fearsome crime family—and a flashy new generation of young outlaws.
Venice and Morris and Me
One writer travels to “La Serenissima” and finds that time is no match for Venice’s magic.
Ghost Acres: Tulare Lake and the Past Future of Food
On the history of modern food.
Roger Bennett is a co-host of Men In Blazers and the author of (Re)born in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home.
“So much of my work is about human tenacity. That value of perseverance, of driving onwards. I believe life is about darkness and happiness. I believe that nothing is given, you fight for everything. And how you operate in moments of doubt and darkness ultimately define you. So I talk a lot as a professional about tenacity. What I've never linked that to before was my own biography. What did surprise me when I read the book as not being about me, but just read it as a book, was how bloody tenacious I was in fleeting moments of real awfulness.”
