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They advertise murder for hire but work for the government. Inside the world of America’s fake hit men.
Jeanne Marie Laskas GQ Nov 2013 20min Permalink
The article that spawned a school of thought; an elegy for the age of the megahit and a primer for the niche-based future.
Chris Anderson Wired Oct 2004 20min Permalink
Tim Piazza fought for his life for 12 hours before his Beta Theta Pi brothers called 911. By then, it was too late.
Caitlin Flanagan The Atlantic Oct 2017 40min Permalink
A trans activist from El Salvador who has helped countless trans migrant women fight for asylum in the U.S. finds asylum for herself.
Alice Driver Longreads Jul 2020 15min Permalink
On starting a rural retreat for recovering addicts.
Tobias Jones Aeon Nov 2012 15min Permalink
The search for the hottest chili.
Lauren Collins New Yorker Nov 2013 25min Permalink
Requiem for a viral hit.
Joshua Davis Wired Dec 2006 15min Permalink
The author on her reverence for water.
Joan Didion PBS Jan 1977 10min Permalink
Life for women in the trucking industry.
Mary Pilon Mary Review Jul 2016 25min Permalink
Nona Willis Aronowitz, an editor and author, writes a sex and love advice column for Teen Vogue. Her new book is Bad Sex: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished Revolution.
“I'm getting a lot of emails from people saying basically ‘You've inspired me to break up with my man tomorrow.’ Or ‘I may not ever break up with my man, but I'm starting to tell the truth, at least to myself, about my relationship.’ And I think a lot of people — even though I think being open about your feelings and acceptance of all kinds of lifestyles are two tenants of modern society — I still think there's a lot of silence around dissatisfaction around sex and love.”
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How Michael Jordan beat Magic Johnson and won his first NBA championship.
David Halberstam Playing for Keeps Nov 1999 15min Permalink
Donors all over America opened their wallets for his United States Navy Veterans Association. Politicians all over Washington posed for grip-and-grins with him. But not only was he not a legitimate fundraiser for military families—he wasn’t even Bobby Charles Thompson.
Daniel Fromson Washingtonian Mar 2017 25min Permalink
In the days following Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, more than 100 cities experienced significant civil disturbance. In New York, everyone expected riots. What happened next.
Clay Risen The Morning News Jan 2009 10min Permalink
Two years ago, the fitness guru abruptly disappeared from public life. His friends worry that he’s being held against his will inside his Hollywood Hills mansion, or something even worse.
Andy Martino New York Daily News Mar 2016 20min Permalink
A minute by minute account of the officers and first responders on the scene of the San Bernadino shooting and the subsequent firefight between police and and the Farooks.
Brian Ross, Megan Christie, Josh Margolin, Rhonda Schwartz, Paul Blake ABC News Dec 2016 10min Permalink
A conversation with the former first lady five years into her life as a widow.
Bob Colacello Vanity Fair Jun 2009 25min Permalink
Last year, 1 million gallons of diluted bitumen flooded the town of Marshall, Mich. An investigation into “the biggest oil spill you’ve never heard of.”
Elizabeth McGowan, Lisa Song InsideClimate News Jun 2012 1h5min Permalink
An investigation into a social media-fueled gang war in Detroit.
The Red Zone is part pharmacy, part killing field and part music studio where gang members peddled drugs, fought rivals and shot rap videos on street corners.
Robert Snell The Detroit News Apr 2018 Permalink
A profile of Eliot Higgins, whose blog, Brown Moses, has become required reading at intelligence agencies, human rights organizations, and news outlets around the world.
Bianca Bosker Huffington Post Nov 2013 20min Permalink
Robin Marantz Henig, the author of nine books, writes about science and medicine for The New York Times Magazine.
“I have my moments of thinking, ‘Well, why is this still so hard? Why do I still have to prove myself after all this time?’ If I were in a different field, or if I were even on a staff, I’d have a title that gave me more respect. I still have to wait just as long as any other writer to get any kind of response to a pitch. I still have to pitch. Nothing is automatic, even after all these years of working at this.”
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On Erdogan’s struggle for power.
Dexter Filkins New Yorker Mar 2012 40min Permalink
On spear-wielding chimps who hunt for meat.
Mary Roach National Geographic Apr 2008 20min Permalink
On prospecting for space rocks in Kansas.
Ben Paynter Wired Jan 2007 10min Permalink
Yearning for conception.
Belle Boggs Orion Mar 2012 15min Permalink
At the start of the coronavirus outbreak, one ill-fated cruise ship became a symbol for the panic and confusion that would soon engulf the globe. What two harrowing weeks trapped aboard the ocean liner felt like—for unsuspecting tourists, for frightened crew members, and for the captain himself.
Doug Bock Clark GQ Apr 2020 35min Permalink