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Wil S. Hylton

Business Science

20,000 Feet Under the Sea

History’s largest mining operation is about to begin. It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable.

Wil S. Hylton The Atlantic Dec 2019 30min Permalink

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Greenspan Takes a Bath

The politics of the Federal Reserve.

Wil S. Hylton GQ Apr 2005 30min Permalink

Crime

O.J.'s Former Attorney Has Nothing Nice to Say About Anyone—Except O.J.

An interview with F. Lee Bailey about his 60 years of celebrity trials.

Wil S. Hylton Huffington Post Highline Jun 2019 25min Permalink

Best Article Crime

My Cousin Was My Hero. Until the Day He Tried to Kill Me.

A confrontation with masculinity gone awry.

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine May 2019 50min Permalink

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The Unspeakable Choice

Can a good mother abandon her child?

Wil S. Hylton GQ Mar 2009 25min Permalink

Politics World

Can Venezuela Be Saved?

As a nation unwinds, Leopoldo López, the opposition’s most prominent leader, sits under house arrest and contemplates what might still be possible.

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Mar 2018 35min Permalink

Politics Media

Down the Breitbart Hole

How dangerous is the media company that Steve Bannon called “the platform for the alt-right”?

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Aug 2017 35min Permalink

Best Article Crime

Baltimore vs. Marilyn Mosby

Baltimore’s state’s attorney gambled that prosecuting six officers for the death of Freddie Gray would help heal her city. She lost much more than just the case.

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Sep 2016 30min Permalink

Best Article Arts

The Mysterious Metamorphosis of Chuck Close

The legendary artist has radically upended his distinctive style of portraiture—and his entire life. Why?

Wil S. Hylton The New York Times Magazine Jul 2016 30min Permalink

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A Bug in the System

Why last night’s chicken made you sick.

Wil S. Hylton New Yorker Feb 2015 20min Permalink

Reprints Arts Politics Music

Big Pothead vs. Big Pot

In what will likely be his last political act, Willie Nelson declares war on corporate marijuana.

Wil S. Hylton New York Nov 2015 25min Permalink

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The Lost Battalion

Searching for sanctuary with American war deserters.

Wil S. Hylton New York Feb 2015 25min Permalink

Reprints Crime Politics World

American Nightmare

The shame of family detention camps on the U.S. border.

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Feb 2015 30min Permalink

Reprints Arts Science

The Unbreakable Laura Hillenbrand

How the author writes best-selling non-fiction books without the ability to leave her house.

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Dec 2014 25min Permalink

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The Search for the Lost Marines of Tarawa

Seventy years after three of the bloodiest days in U.S. history, the battle continues to bring the missing men home.

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Nov 2013 20min Permalink

Best Article Reprints Arts

How James Turrell Knocked the Art World Off Its Feet

On an artist who’s spent nearly 50 years bending the rules of space and light, and his life’s work, an extinct volcano in Arizona where he has been developing a network of tunnels and underground rooms since 1974.

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Jun 2013 25min Permalink

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The Land of Smoke and Fog

On the gentle art of pipe smoking.

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Apr 2013 10min Permalink

Reprints Arts Business Food

Broken Heartland

The looming collapse of agriculture on the Great Plains.

Wil S. Hylton Harper's Aug 2012 35min Permalink

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The Origin of Species

How Craig Venter’s bugs might save the world.

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine May 2012 25min Permalink

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Dark Winter

Ten years after anthrax attacks, biodefense is busted.

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Oct 2011 30min Permalink

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A Just Desert

On the life of an American soldier AWOL in Canada.

Wil S. Hylton GQ Jun 2011 25min Permalink

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The Deepest End

What happened to Air France Flight 447?

Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine May 2011 30min Permalink

Reprints Politics

Did Hope Change?

A profile of Eric Holder.

Wil S. Hylton GQ Dec 2010 25min Permalink

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Meltdown

What went wrong with nuclear power?

Wil S. Hylton GQ Feb 2008 35min Permalink

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Dr. No

Dr. Tom Coburn is a United States Senator. He doesn’t want your vote.

Wil S. Hylton GQ Feb 2007 20min Permalink

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