The Suicide Epidemic
How self-harm came to take more lives than war, murder and natural disasters combined.
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Freeway Rick Is Dreaming
A profile of legendary L.A. crack dealer Freeway Rick Ross, now out of jail and trying to sell everything from weaves to his own biopic, written by a journalist who has known him for decades.
Jerry Brown's Political Reboot
A profile of the California governor.
Here Comes the White-Power Safety Patrol
Inside the White Student Union of Towson University.
Officer Serrano’s Hidden Camera
The battle over stop-and-frisk within the NYPD’s ranks.
Mat Honan is a senior writer at Wired.
"[The tech] industry—especially as it relates to a lot the silly apps and the silly websites and the silly shit that we put up with—is ridiculous. It's just such a hype fest, people living off of jargon and nonsense. There are entire conferences devoted to nonsense! ... I like to skewer that stuff, because I don't want to feel responsible for it. I don't want to feel like I'm making someone go out and buy some piece of shit they don't need."
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Martha Stewart and the Cannibal Polar Bears: A True Story
The discombobulated existence of polar bears and the people trying to save them.
An excerpt from Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America.
Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That.
The pharmaceutical quest to give women a better sex life.
Slippery Business
The trade in fake olive oil.
Longform Guide to Elephants
They “speak” through their feet, some can even draw, and at least one has been hung for murder. A collection of picks about pachyderms.
For John Carona, Conflicts and Interests
On the blurry ethical lines in the part-time Texas state legislature, where politicians and CEO’s are one and the same.
This Land Is My Land
In North Georgia, two men feud over a quarter-mile property line.
Tantric Sex for Dilettantes
A crash course in Tantra and superficial spirituality.
Facebook, One Year Later: What Really Happened in the Biggest IPO Flop Ever
How Wall Street won.
Survivors
On the lives of street kids.
Welcome to the Real Space Age
The era of personal space travel finally arrives.
Rajat Gupta’s Lust for Zeros
How the former CEO of McKinsey, who was indicted in the largest insider trading case in United States history, got played.
First Australians
An Aboriginal community’s attempt to maintain a 50,000-year-old way of life.
Crack Rock City
Wandering a Detroit reduced to “crackhouses and churches” with “outlaw biker Jesus” Pastor Steve.
Revenge, Ego and the Corruption of Wikipedia
The outing of a failed writer who spent years anonymously grinding axes on Wikipedia.
Drinking and Driving and Dying
The persistent, tragic behavior of professional athletes.
A Convenient Excuse
On the media’s failure to cover climate change.
Caterpillar's Doug Oberhelman: Manufacturing's Mouthpiece
Caterpillar’s CEO made $22 million last year. Some of his employees are on food stamps.
The Heartbreaking Case of Zhu Ling
How the case of a poisoned college student in China, cold for 18 years, has suddenly turned into “what may be the largest amateur online manhunt in history.”
