The Lonely Guy
The political liabilities of Barack Obama’s self-possession.
The Longform Guide to Sex Work
The economy’s impact on a brothel, the real lives of cam girls, and an interview with a john—a collection of articles on the business of sex.</p>
How Selling Out Saved Indie Rock
On the importance of the jingle business.
Too Much of Too Little
How living off food stamps is making South Texans obese but leaving them hungry.
Thanksgiving in Mongolia
“Before I put down my phone, I took a picture of my son. I worried that if I didn’t I would never believe he had existed.”
From Here to Paternity
Behind the scenes with Maury.
Lee Harvey Oswald Was My Friend
Returning to Forth Worth after two and a half defection years in the Soviet Union, Lee Harvey Oswald became friends with a Russian emigre family with a son of his age. After Kennedy was shot, they would be called on to translate the Secret Service interrogation of his young Russian wife.
Death at the Summit
The rise and fall of Intrade, the betting market for world events—elections, hurricanes, Academy Awards—and the death of its CEO near the top of Everest.
Uprising
An unlikely environmentalist exposes the natural gas industry’s leaky infrastructure.
Enemy of the State
A visit to Glenn Greenwald’s house in Rio.
The Coach Who Exploded
A profile of former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice, who was fired in April after a video of him berating players went viral.
An iPhone Tester Caught in Apple's Supply Chain
Bibek Dhong traveled from Nepal to Malaysia to test cameras for the new iPhone 5. When production ended abruptly, he and his coworkers found themselves stranded for two months without money, food or passports.
The Story Behind Why AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fired an Employee in Front of 1,000 Coworkers
It mostly had to do with Patch, the executive’s hyperlocal and unprofitable baby.
Evan Wright, a two-time National Magazine Award winner, is the author of Generation Kill.
"When people were killed, civilians especially, I realized I was the only person there who would write it down. I was frantic about getting names, and in the book there are a few Arabic names, some of the victims. Not that anyone cares. But I thought, 'At least somewhere there's a record of this.'"
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Brooklyn Brawler
A homegrown boxer sets his sights on the big time.
The Seduction of George W. Bush
President Bush’s strange friendship with Vladimir Putin.
Robert Redford's Restless Solitude
“The only problem is he was so successful that Hollywood decided to devour his Xanadu, with premium vodka parties and assistants scouring the Park City Albertsons for Fiji water. ‘It makes me fucking nuts,’ says Redford.”
A Very Dangerous Boy
The trial of a 10-year-old who murdered his neo-Nazi father.
The A-Team Killings
Last fall, a team of American Special Forces arrived in Nerkh, a district just west of Kabul. Six months later, amid allegations of torturing and murdering locals, the team was gone. Shortly after they left, the remains of 10 missing villagers were found outside their vacated base. An investigation into a possible war crime.
The Nazi Anatomists
How the corpses of Hitler’s victims still haunt modern science—and American abortion politics.
Mailer’s Last Punch
On interviewing and napping beside Norman Mailer.
"If an Elephant Can Make a Good Painting, Then Who Needs an MFA From Yale?
An interview with painter Chris Martin.
A Porn Star, a Tortured Beauty Queen, a Dead Millionaire, and a Half-Smoked Joint
How John Snavely went from petty criminal to porn star to prison.
Keep Smiling
Do dolphins and humans really share a special bond?
HealthCare.gov: How Political Fear Was Pitted Against Technical Needs
Ignored early warnings, political pressure, and a botched Obamacare rollout.
