Can We Escape From Information Overload?
Meet the artist who hid away for a month in total darkness.
What Happened to Val Kilmer? He’s Just Starting to Figure It Out.
Cancer has taken his voice, but the unlikeliest movie star in Hollywood history still has a lot he wants to say.
Cheryl Strayed is the author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things. Her new podcast is Sugar Calling.
“I think that we have this limited idea of what ambition is. All through my twenties, you wouldn’t necessarily have looked at me and been like, ‘she’s ambitious.’ I mean, I was working as a waitress. I was goofing around and doing all kinds of things. But I was always writing. And I was always really sure and clear and serious about my writing. My ambition was this secret thing within me that I dedicated myself to.”
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The Invasion of Venezuela, Brought To You By Silvercorp USA
An American mercenary, who did security for Trump rallies, attempts a amphibious coup along the Venezuelan border.
The Duke in His Domain
A profile of Marlon Brando, 33, holed up in a hotel suite in Kyoto where he was filming Sayonara.
Get Fat, Don't Die
A cooking column for people with AIDS claimed the right to pleasure, but in each recipe was embedded an urgent appeal.
The Art of Letting Go
In American baseball, flipping your bat is frowned upon. In South Korea, it’s an art.
Second Nature
Can genetic engineering bring back the American Chestnut?
Fearing for His Life
Ramsey Orta filmed the killing of Eric Garner—and the police punished him for it.
To The Driver Who Hit Me and Ran
A letter from a cyclist who survived.
What to Make of Murph the Surf?
His savvy on a longboard earned him trophies. His burglary of the Natural History museum in New York earned him headlines. And his brutality on a Florida boat 50-odd years ago earned him a lifetime in prison. Now: What does penance get you?
Sweatpants in Paradise
The immersive mise en scène of a 2010 Hollister flagship store, redolent of California beach towns that don’t exist, “lazy, hygienic sexuality,” and weed.
How Greenwich Republicans Learned to Love Trump
To understand the President’s path to the 2020 election, look at what he has provided the country’s executive class.
The Bard
One man’s quest to save the music of the Holocaust.
How Profit and Incompetence Delayed N95 Masks While People Died at the VA
Federal agencies have hired contractors with no experience to find respirators and masks, fueling a black market filled with price gouging and multiple layers of profiteering brokers. One contractor called them “buccaneers and pirates.”
The Hollywood Vigilante
Hunting child predators with actress Marisol Nichols.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Edie Bakes Cakes"
A troubled TV chef meets a mysterious creature.
The 30-Year Mystery Of Don Mattingly's Birthdate
Happy 59th! Or is it 58th? Cracking the mystery of Don Mattingly’s birthday.
Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing
A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend.
‘A Terrible Price’: The Deadly Racial Disparities of Covid-19 in America
For the Zulu club, a black social organization in New Orleans, Mardi Gras was a joy. The coronavirus made it a tragedy.
Bonnie Tsui is a journalist and author of the new book Why We Swim.
“I am a self-motivated person. I really don’t like being told what to do. I’ve thought about this many times over the last 16 years that I’ve been a full-time freelancer... even though I thought my dream was to always and forever be living in New York, working in publishing, working at a magazine, being an editor, writing. When I was an editor, I kind of hated it. I just didn’t like being chained to a desk.”
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Boob Job: How The Chive Built an Empire Out of Bro-Bait
Chivers (men who read The Chive) are quick to emphasize that the website is about more than hot women. It’s a community of people who prioritize friendship and charity above all else—except, perhaps, having a good time. Chivers are veterans, first responders, Midwesterners. They might be Republicans, but you can’t say for sure because The Chive never talks about politics.
The Malaysian Job
How Wall Street enabled a global financial scandal.
Find Your Beach
On loving and hating and living in Manhattan.
Stephon Marbury Has His Own Story to Tell
A conversation with the former player, and new coach, about basketball, Beijing, and being understood.
