Family of former soccer pro can’t accept shame of suicide ruling
The controversy surrounding the death of Uche Okafor.
The controversy surrounding the death of Uche Okafor.
Kent Babb The Kansas City Star May 2012 15min Permalink
A profile of Fleshlight inventor Steve Shubin.
Dan Solomon The Austin Chronicle May 2012 10min Permalink
On conspiracy theories in sports, from the ‘85 NBA draft lottery to Michael Phelps’ gold medal performance in the 100-meter butterfly.
Patrick Hruby The Post Game May 2012 Permalink
The author recounts playing herself – best-selling author Sloane Crosley – on an episode of “Gossip Girl.”
Sloane Crosley The Believer Jun 2012 20min Permalink
A profile of filmmaker Michael Haneke.
John Wray New York Times Magazine Sep 2007 Permalink
“It’s 7:30 a.m., and already the congressman and I are covered in blood.”
Ben Terris National Journal Jun 2012 10min Permalink
How Sherry Hunt soaked the banking giant.
Bob Ivry Bloomberg Markets Jul 2012 15min Permalink
“Adaptation is one explanation of how a lot of executives stay alive. As the fish in the Silurian rivers began to develop swim bladders in order to live in shoal waters, so American executives have developed certain compensating features. The process can be observed particularly in the big cities where conditions are the most trying. Executives have developed an insensitivity to noise, an uncanny time sense (needed in commuting), and an attunement to the city’s terrifying rhythms. Instead of trying to escape the phenomenon of modern life they fling themselves at it.”
Duncan Norton-Taylor Fortune Jul 1955 25min Permalink
It’s a club “filled exclusively with people who do not want to be members.”
Rick Paulas The Awl May 2012 15min Permalink
A profile of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who was sentenced to 50 years today after being convicted of committing crimes against humanity.
Jon Lee Anderson New Yorker Jul 1998 25min Permalink
On the difficult, “god-like” decisions faced by parents of transgender children.
Jesse Green New York May 2012 25min Permalink
On the rise of DIY genetic engineering.
Jack Hitt Popular Science May 2012 20min Permalink
A Yale student on why nearly a quarter of her classmates will end up working for Wall Street.
Marina Keegan The Yale Daily News Sep 2011 15min Permalink
On the escape of hundreds of insurgents from Kandahar’s Sarposa Prison through a tunnel dug from the outside, and an unlikely suspect: the jail’s former warden.
Luke Mogelson GQ Jun 2012 25min Permalink
“I turned to see Eva padding around the room, naked, dipping a small plastic wand into the bottle of bubble soap she’d bought at the market… Sometime in the far future, when I was lying on my deathbed, I said, this was the moment I wanted to remember.”
On the relationship between travel and photography.
Rolf Potts Places Journal May 2012 Permalink
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On tour with America’s first 50-year-old rock band.
Andrew Romano Newsweek May 2012 25min Permalink
The cold, forgotten realities of “conventional warfare.”
Paul Fussell The Atlantic Aug 1989 40min Permalink
How we try - and usually fail - to fight the mosquito.
Robert Sullivan New York May 2012 15min Permalink
Growing up on B-movies.
Colson Whitehead New Yorker May 2012 20min Permalink
A history of the fowl.
Andrew Lawler, Jerry Adler Smithsonian Jan 2010 Permalink
As Playboy magazine moves to Los Angeles, the writer considers its place in the Midwest.
No other general interest magazine tried to reach readers in the wide swathe of land between New York and California. “It was a Midwestern magazine, designed for people there. If you wanted it to be hip, edgy, go toe-to-toe with GQ, you were making a mistake,” said Chris Napolitano, a former executive editor who began at Playboy in 1988.
Rachel Shteir Prospect Apr 2012 15min Permalink
On the ouster of CEO Janet Robinson and the company’s financial woes.
On the enduring political influence and entrenched racism of the Greek system at the University of Alabama.
Jason Zengerle The New Republic Feb 2002 15min Permalink
The political fight over a new football stadium in Minnesota.
Steve Marsh Grantland May 2012 25min Permalink