Longform Best of 2018

Gaming the lottery seemed as good a retirement plan as any.

U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is: Do those jobs pay enough to live on?

Stewart Resnick is the biggest farmer in the United States, a fact he has tried to keep hidden while he has shaped what we eat, transformed California’s landscape, and ruled entire towns. But the one thing he can’t control is what he’s most dependent on—water.

Inside the growth of Goop—the most controversial brand in the wellness industry.

After decades of influence, the media mogul isn’t so much a person as an epoch.