The Liberation of Tam Minh Pham
In 1970, he was plucked from Saigon to attend West Point. He got his degree and went home to fight, but instead spent six years in a reeducation camp. Then, somehow, he ended up teaching high school in D.C.
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Secrets of the Magus
A 1993 profile of Ricky Jay, world-class sleight-of-hand conjurer who rarely performs (and never for children), historian of unusual entertainments and confidence scams, bibliomaniac.
The Rarely Noticed Casualties of Sept. 11
On the people who were working at Logan Airport when the hijacked flights departed:
They are the rarely noticed casualties of the terrorist attacks: the security guard, the ticket agent, the baggage handler on the ramp. They made it home that night, but with images they couldn’t shake, a pain uncomfortable to voice. They can’t believe it has been 10 years. They can’t believe it has only been 10 years.
Adventures of a Man of Science
On literary manifestos, long-distance reading, and the egg of death.
The War Ends Here
Fighting to the finish in the most dangerous region of Afghanistan.
The Toppling
The story behind the fall of Saddam’s statue in Baghdad.
Through the Looking Glass
A week in the world of the Miss America Pageant.
State of Conflict
How a tiny protest at the University of Nebraska turned into a proxy war for the future of campus politics.
America’s Future Is Texas
What a state can teach us about a nation.
No One Is Safe
How Saudi Arabia makes dissidents disappear.
“My Gang Is Jesus”
Rio de Janeiro drug gangs are embracing evangelical Christianity.
The Itsy-Bitsy, Teenie-Weenie, Very Litigious Bikini
Who is the rightful inventor of the blockbuster swimsuit known as the Kiini?
The Motorcycle Gangs
A profile of the Hell’s Angels following “front-page reports of a heinous gang rape in the moonlit sand dunes near the town of Seaside on the Monterey Peninsula.”
Finalists in National Reporting
Not availble in full:
"Agent Zapata" (Mary Cuddehe • The Atavist)
“Cancer's Racial Divide” (Adam Smeltz • Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
2011 Pulitzer Prize: Local Reporting: Why They Won’t Stop Shooting in Chicago
On a particularly bloody April weekend in 2008 when 40 people were shot, seven fatally. Not one has faced charges.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Treading Water"
A fragile relationship teeters during a family vacation.
The Source of All Things
Looking for answers while camping with an abusive father.
The Fasinatng … Frustrating … Fascinating History of Autocorrect
From Word to smartphones.
The Secrets of Sleep
We know we need it, but we don’t know why.
The Real Story of Lavabit's Founder
Meet Ladar Levison, Edward Snowden’s email provider.
The Entrapment of Jesse Snodgrass
An undercover cop targets an autistic teen as a drug dealer.
The Great Tech War Of 2012
Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook vs. Amazon.
The Secret Life of Passwords
What our private codes say about us.
The Aging of Abercrombie & Fitch
How does a company that sells youth learn to grow up?
The Other Side of Climate Change
Has global warming made it harder for environmentalists to care about conservation?
