A Wild Country Grows in South Sudan
A portrait of a new nation.
A portrait of a new nation.
Patrick Symmes Outside Apr 2013 25min Permalink
The story of Christopher Knight, who lived in the Maine woods for 27 years with virtually no human contact.
Craig Crosby Kennebec Journal Apr 2013 10min Permalink
The private life of a disgraced former congressman.
Jonathan Van Meter New York Times Magazine Apr 2013 25min Permalink
The rise and fall of Synanon, an addiction-recovery cult in California, and its charismatic leader, a one-time homeless wino named Chuck Dederich who taught his followers to berate each other for therapy.
George Pendle Cabinet Apr 2013 15min Permalink
On Felix Baumgartner and his 24-mile jump.
William Langewiesche Vanity Fair May 2013 30min Permalink
“Remember why we’re here: to empower the child. If you can’t handle it, keep your shades on.”
Karina Bland The Arizona Republic Jul 2012 30min Permalink
One year before his death, Mickey Mantle describes a life of drinking.
Jill Lieber, Mickey Mantle Sports Illustrated Apr 1994 20min Permalink
Two decades later, unpacking a historic bust.
Karina Longworth Grantland Apr 2013 15min Permalink
Shulamith Firestone, one of the first radical feminists, helped to create a new society. But she couldn’t live in it.
Susan Faludi New Yorker Apr 2013 35min Permalink
A profile of the prime minister.
Charles Moore Vanity Fair Dec 2011 30min Permalink
Inside the DIY world of synthetic drugs.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Apr 2013 25min Permalink
The origin story of the C.I.A.’s covert drone war, which began with the 2004 killing of a Pashtun militant, the result of a secret deal for access to Pakistani airspace.
Mark Mazzetti New York Times Apr 2013 Permalink
A look at the Mexican drug wars from the point of view of a narco’s mistress in Juárez.
Ricardo C. Ainslie Texas Monthly Apr 2013 15min Permalink
Groupon disasters, the behaviors of the consumer swarm, and how the “1% and the 90% [are] collaborating to prey on the 9% in the middle.”
Venkatesh Rao Ribbonfarm Apr 2013 15min Permalink
An conversation with Omar Hammami, via Twitter.
Spencer Ackerman Wired Apr 2013 15min Permalink
On Swedish game designer Markus Persson and his singular creation, Minecraft, which has sold over twenty million copies and earned Persson over a hundred million dollars last year.
Simon Parkin New Yorker Apr 2013 10min Permalink
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Will LaFever never felt right in the world. So he took to the Utah desert, barely making it out alive.
Robert Sanchez 5280 Apr 2013 25min Permalink
Covering an election in Peru’s largest prison.
Daniel Alarcón Harper's Feb 2012 35min Permalink
On the segregation of Slovakia’s Gypsies.
Aaron Lake Smith Vice Apr 2013 45min Permalink
“Five years, four judges, six lawyers, $400,000 in attorney and expert fees and costs, a child yanked back and forth, [and] petty arguing.” Chronicling the slow end of one American marriage.
Leonora LaPeter Anton The Tampa Bay Times Apr 2013 25min Permalink
Reprints Arts Media Movies & TV
“Ebert: Sometimes we do really dislike each other.
Siskel: And sometimes we don’t.”
Lawrence Grobel Playboy Jan 1991 40min Permalink
An oral history of the day Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot.
Rebecca Burns Atlanta Magazine Apr 2008 35min Permalink
The crumbling of an American icon.
Jay Caspian Kang Grantland Apr 2013 25min Permalink
A profile of the D.O.C., the rapper’s rapper, who ghostwrote for Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
Alex Pappademas Playboy Mar 2013 25min Permalink