Colum McCann’s Radical Empathy
A profile of the writer.
Plus: An excerpt from McCann's new novel, TransAtlantic. (via Longform Fiction)
New York Times Magazine
The Death and Life of Chicago
How the foreclosure crisis ignited a new form of activism in Chicago’s vacant homes.
Billy Joel on Not Working and Not Giving Up Drinking
“I haven’t put out an album in 20 years. Let’s face it. I am an oldies act. I just don’t want it to be like when you watch Channel 13 and there’s the Delltones or some English band from the ’60s, and they’re real crotchety and they look terrible, and I go, ‘Oh, God, I don’t want to be on that show.’”
When Hollywood Wants Good, Clean Fun, It Goes to Mormon Country
Inside Brigham Young University’s successful animation program.
Unexcited? There May Be a Pill for That.
The pharmaceutical quest to give women a better sex life.
Rajat Gupta’s Lust for Zeros
How the former CEO of McKinsey, who was indicted in the largest insider trading case in United States history, got played.
Some of My Best Friends Are Germs
Medicine used to be obsessed with eradicating the tiny bugs that live within us. Now we’re beginning to understand all the ways they keep us healthy.
Who Would Kill a Monk Seal?
An endangered-species murder mystery in Hawaii.
The Mind of a Con Man
How social psychologist Diederik Stapel committed and rationalized an audacious academic fraud, and what his lies reveal about the culture of scientific research.
Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer
Why awareness isn’t saving lives.
Waking Up on the Wrong Side of a Ratings War
On “Operation Bambi,” the secret plan to oust “Today” show co-host Ann Curry.
John le Carré Has Not Mellowed With Age
A profile of the spy writer.
Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin’s Post-Scandal Playbook
The private life of a disgraced former congressman.
The Land of Smoke and Fog
On the gentle art of pipe smoking.
That Other School Shooting
On former nursing student One L. Goh, who killed six people at Oikos University in Oakland, California, and what it means to the Korean immigrant community.
Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?
A profile of organizational psychologist Adam Grant, who argues that the key to success comes from helping others.
Ted Kennedy Jr. Is (Finally) Ready for the Family Business
A profile of a 51-year-old preparing himself for the inevitable.
The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase Full of Trouble
A world-renowned physicist’s miscalculation.
Nora Ephron's Final Act
A son tries to make sense of his mother’s end.
How to Spend 47 Hours on a Train and Not Go Crazy
A journey on the Sunset Limited, which ferries people from Louisiana to California.
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food
Inside the battle for how America snacks.
Can the Republicans Be Saved From Obsolescence?
The GOP’s younger generation confronts its future.
Frank Ocean Can Fly
A profile of Lonny Breaux, post-fame.
The Price of a Stolen Childhood
Calculating restitution for victims of child pornography.
Could Cyril Ramaphosa Be the Best Leader South Africa Has Not Yet Had?
Twenty years ago, Ramaphosa was by Mandela’s side as apartheid ended and in line to become deputy president. He didn’t get the job. Now one of the richest men in Africa, he’s finally getting the chance.
