Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie
Tales of mayhem on the set of The Canyons.
Tales of mayhem on the set of The Canyons.
Stephen Rodrick New York Times Magazine Jan 2013 25min Permalink
After offending Richard Marx, the author meets him to hash things out.
Edward McClelland The Morning News Jan 2013 15min Permalink
A profile of the 23-year-old woman who was savagely raped on a private bus as it circled New Delhi.
Charles Duhigg is a New York Times reporter and author of The Power of Habit.
"The stuff that gets cut out gets cut out for a reason. The discipline of space is always a good discipline. If it deserves to be read, it shouldn't be on the cutting room floor ... If it ends up on the cutting room floor, there's usually a reason why."
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In 1912, 300 miles deep on a trek into the uncharted Antarctic wilderness, Douglas Mawson lost most of his crew and supplies. The story of how he got back.
David Roberts National Geographic Jan 2013 10min Permalink
After a 19-year-old is convicted of murdering his girlfriend, her family fights to free him from prison.
Paul Tullis New York Times Jan 2013 25min Permalink
The story of Universe 25, a mouse utopia that became an overcrowded hell, and its implications for the future of humankind.
Will Wiles Cabinet Jun 2012 10min Permalink
An internet pioneer loses hope in the promise of web culture.
Ron Rosenbaum Smithsonian Jan 2013 5h50min Permalink
On serving time for crimes not yet committed.
Rachel Aviv New Yorker Jan 2013 30min Permalink
How Tide became a black market currency.
Ben Paynter New York Jan 2013 10min Permalink
On the importance of the human microbiome.
Michael Specter New Yorker Oct 2012 25min Permalink
How John Kiriakou, a public opponent of US torture policy, became the first CIA officer convicted of leaking classified information to the press.
Scott Shane New York Times Jan 2013 15min Permalink
Thirty-one years ago, Joy Hunley’s daughter was adopted. At least that’s what the paperwork says.
Michael Kruse The Tampa Bay Times Jan 2013 15min Permalink
A trip to a grave in Damascus as shelling started in Homs.
Jennifer Mackenzie Killing the Buddha Dec 2012 15min Permalink
Why a type of gasoline may be responsible for periods of increased crime in the U.S. and abroad.
Kevin Drum Mother Jones Jan 2013 20min Permalink
How the ‘princeling’ descendants of Mao’s ‘Eight Immortals’consolidated unimaginable power and wealth in the New China.
Shai Oster, Michael Forsythe, Dune Lawrence, Henry Sanderson Bloomberg Jan 2013 25min Permalink
On Dylan Yount, a man who jumped from a San Francisco building, and the people who watched, recorded and, in some cases, encouraged his suicide.
Albert Samaha San Francisco Weekly Jan 2013 Permalink
How an autocratic CEO made the company billions, alienating almost everyone else in the process.
Caleb Hannan Businessweek Jan 2013 15min Permalink
Life after scoring 100-plus points in a basketball game.
Justin Heckert Sports Illustrated Dec 2012 25min Permalink
“For people who pay close attention to the state of American fiction, he has become a kind of superhero.”
Joel Lovell New York Times Magazine Jan 2013 25min Permalink
With abortion access limited in many states, should some home abortions still be a crime?
Ada Calhoun The New Republic Dec 2012 15min Permalink
A season with the best 12-year-old football team in Texas.
Bryan Curtis Texas Monthly Jan 2013 35min Permalink
The life and work of Nelson Algren.
Colin Asher The Believer Jan 2013 35min Permalink
On the theft of 6 million pounds of maple syrup from Canada’s strategic reserve and the group of free market renegades who are fighting “The Maple Wars.”
Brendan Borrell Businessweek Jan 2013 10min Permalink
The inside story.
John Bresnahan, Carrie Budoff Brown, Manu Raju, Jake Sherman Politico Jan 2013 10min Permalink