Best Article Business Politics
Carl Icahn’s Failed Raid on Washington
Was President Trump’s richest adviser focussed on helping the country—or his own bottom line?
New Yorker
Letter from a Region in My Mind
“I underwent, during the summer that I became fourteen, a prolonged religious crisis. I use “religious” in the common, and arbitrary, sense, meaning that I then discovered God, His saints and angels, and His blazing Hell. And since I had been born in a Christian nation, I accepted this Deity as the only one. I supposed Him to exist only within the walls of a church—in fact, of our church—and I also supposed that God and safety were synonymous.”
The End of Sand
It’s one of our most in-demand natural resources, and it’s running out.
Julian Assange, a Man Without a Country
A series of conversations with the WikiLeaks founder about his role in the 2016 presidential election.
Hiroshima
The lives of six people who survived the atomic bomb.
When Should a Child Be Taken from His Parents?
In family court, judges must decide whether the risks at home outweigh the risks of separating a family.
The Pathfinder
A profile of Sam Shepard.
How Not to Solve the Refugee Crisis
A case of mistaken identity leads to the prosecution of an ordinary Eritrean for human smuggling.
Sadiq Khan Takes On Brexit and Terror
A profile of London’s mayor.
The Life of a South Central Statistic
“My cousin became a convicted felon in his teens. I tried to make sure he got a second chance. What went wrong?”
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Everything Is Far From Here"
In a purgatory-like immigration center, a woman awaits the arrival of her son.
Children’s Friend
A profile of Dr. Seuss.
Landing from the Sky
Ten years in the life of a young woman from the Bronx.
Journalism Under Putin
“The murder of Anna Politkovskaya was at once unbelievable and utterly expected.”
America’s Future Is Texas
What a state can teach us about a nation.
The Future of Coal Country
A local environmental activist fights to prepare her community for life beyond mining.
Covering the Cops
A profile of Edna Buchanan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning crime reporter for the Miami Herald during its heyday.
China's Mistress Dispellers
How an economic boom and deep gender inequality have created a new industry.
Food Fighter
A profile of Whole Foods CEO John Mackey.
Remembering the Murder You Didn’t Commit
DNA evidence exonerated six convicted killers. So why do some of them recall the crime so clearly?
The Addicts Next Door
West Virginia has the highest overdose death rate in the country. Locals are fighting to save their neighbors—and their towns—from destruction.
The Impossible Profession
The life and work of a Manhattan psychoanalyst.
Talk Like An Egyptian
Learning Arabic in Cairo after the Arab Spring.
The Running Novelist
On learning to jog.
Out of the Jungle
Colombia’s FARC guerrillas face a new battle: re-joining society.
