After the Mile
The story of Tim Danielson, one of America’s top high school distance runners, who went on to murder his ex-wife.
The Things They Leave Behind
Mementos left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the man in charge of cataloging them.
The Crush of the Ring
“He was, it must be said, a pig. And my heart grew fonder.”
Why Gun Makers Fear the NRA
Money, money, money.
My Love Affair With The New York Observer
Diary of a veteran gadfly.
Jake Silverstein is editor-in-chief of Texas Monthly.
"Texas is not a frontier in the same way it was 150 years ago, but it still has a frontier mentality. And that's definitely true from a journalistic standpoint. ... You have more of a feeling that you're figuring things out for yourself. Which means that you make more mistakes, but you also have a little bit more leeway and freedom to find a certain path down here than you would if you were surrouded by other magazines and media companies."</i>
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Ted Kennedy Jr. Is (Finally) Ready for the Family Business
A profile of a 51-year-old preparing himself for the inevitable.
My Brother’s Life, Unraveled
The story of a suicide.
There Is Only Awe
On Julian Jaynes, a Princeton psychologist who told the story of how humans learned to think.
In the Eye of the Whirlpool
Searching for a mysterious whirpool on an obscure map.
De Nimes
The history of blue jeans, “America’s greatest contribution to the global closet.”
“We Gained Hope.”
The story of Lilly Grossman’s genome.
The Return of Superfly
A profile of Frank Lucas, whose life was the basis for the film American Gangster, decades after his days as a kingpin.
Danse Macabre
On Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, its uncanny knack for reflecting changes in Russian politics and culture, and the recent acid attack on its artistic director.
Prince Alwaleed and the Curious Case of Kingdom Holding Stock
Investigating an insecure billionaire’s true worth.
How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in America’s Cross Hairs
On the legal and practical details of the drone strikes that killed New Mexico-born Anwar al-Awlaki and later, accidentally, his sixteen-year-old Colorado-born son.
Growing Up in the World's Deadliest City
A generation that has seen inestimable violence comes of age in Juarez.
Notes of a Know-Nothing Knicks Fan
An appreciation of the hometown team.
"You Have All the Reasons to Be Angry"
The fight for South Africa’s future.
Brickyard Blues
On the brick stackers of Chicago.
The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase Full of Trouble
A world-renowned physicist’s miscalculation.
(Un)dead Wrestler Of The Week: The Undertaker
On the career and legacy of America’s most popular wrestler.
Faith Healers
How mergers between Catholic institutions and secular hospitals are changing the nature of health care.
No Sleep 'Til Fairbanks
An account of Yukon Quest, Alaska’s grueling, thousand-mile dog sled race.
Politics and the English Language
“Modern writing at its worst does not consist in picking out words for the sake of their meaning and inventing images in order to make the meaning clearer. It consists in gumming together long strips of words which have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug.”
