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Great articles, every Saturday.

Publications

New York

The Memory War

On the controversy behind the False Memory Syndrome Foundation.

Katie Heaney New York Jan 2021 25min Permalink

Politics

The Full(est Possible) Story of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping Press Conference

The circus is gone. The presidency is ending. The mystery endures.

Olivia Nuzzi New York Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Living With Karens

A white woman calls the police on her Black neighbors. Six months later, they still share a property line.

Allison P. Davis New York Dec 2020 35min Permalink

Business

Times Change

At The New York Times, a reckoning.

Reeves Wiedeman New York Nov 2020 25min Permalink

Politics

Wide Awake

On the birth of a progressive protest movement under President Trump.

Rebecca Traister New York Oct 2020 30min Permalink

Politics

The Entire Presidency Is a Superspreading Event

Inside an infected White House.

Olivia Nuzzi New York Oct 2020 20min Permalink

Tech

Techie Software Soldier Spy

Is Palantir’s crystal ball just smoke and mirrors?

Sharon Weinberger New York Sep 2020 30min Permalink

Business

Injured?

On the downfall of ubiquitous accident law firm, Cellino & Barnes.

Jeremy Kutner New York Sep 2020 30min Permalink

Politics

The Glorious RBG

An obituary for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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“I learned, while writing about her, that her precision disguised her warmth.”

Irin Carmon New York Sep 2020 10min Permalink

Buying Myself Back

When does a model own her own image?

Emily Ratajkowski New York Sep 2020 30min Permalink

Music

You Don’t Know Her

A profile of Mariah Carey.

Allison P. Davis New York Sep 2020 20min Permalink

Politics

David Shor’s Unified Theory of American Politics

An interview with “one of the most influential data gurus” in electoral politics.

Eric Levitz New York Aug 2020 Permalink

Politics

The Most Tremendous Reelection Campaign in American History Ever

Inside the Trump 2020 campaign.

Olivia Nuzzi New York Aug 2020 30min Permalink

Crime

The Making of a Molotov Cocktail

Two lawyers, a summer of unrest, and a bottle of Bud Light.

Lisa Miller New York Aug 2020 30min Permalink

History Politics

John Lewis Will Never Lose Hope

One of the last interviews with the congressman and civil-rights legend, who died Friday.

Zak Cheney-Rice New York Jun 2020 Permalink

Movies & TV

Michaela the Destroyer

How a young talent from East London went from open-mic nights to making the most sublimely unsettling show of the year.

E. Alex Jung New York Jul 2020 30min Permalink

Boss of the Beach

For 40 years, the city’s lifeguard corps has been mired in controversy, and for 40 years it’s been run by one man: Peter Stein.

David Gauvey Herbert New York Jun 2020 35min Permalink

Politics

Everybody Hates Bill

How Mayor de Blasio lost New York.

David Freedlander New York Jun 2020 30min Permalink

Health

Surviving It All

The resilience of Marga Griesbach, 92, who made it through the Holocaust, and set off for a cruise around the world in February.

Rebecca Traister New York May 2020 35min Permalink

Food Health

My Appetites

On eating and coping mechanisms, childhood and self-control, criticism, love, cancer, and pandemics.

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Saltz on the Longform Podcast

Jerry Saltz New York May 2020 35min Permalink

Health

How the Coronavirus Could Take Over Your Body

Before you ever feel it.

Jeff Wise New York Mar 2020 25min Permalink

Business Science

Shell Is Looking Forward

The fossil-fuel companies expect to profit from climate change. I went to a private planning meeting and took notes.

Malcolm Harris New York Mar 2020 30min Permalink

Tech

Lambda School’s Misleading Promises

A for-profit coding school that charges nothing but takes a portion of graduates future wages has been lying about how many students actually get placed.

Vincent Woo New York Feb 2020 10min Permalink

Media

What’s Left of Condé Nast

The twilight of a magazine empire.

Reeves Wiedeman New York Oct 2019 Permalink

Politics

The Zombie Campaign

Inside the campaign of Joe Biden, “the least formidable front-runner ever.”

Olivia Nuzzi New York Oct 2019 35min Permalink

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