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Tales of teenage romance.
Davy Rothbart California Sunday Nov 2017 10min Permalink
Hundreds of thousands of single-family homes are now in the hands of giant companies—squeezing renters for revenue and putting the American dream even further out of reach.
Francesca Mari New York Times Magazine Mar 2020 40min Permalink
On young love.
A portrait of Harlem.
James Baldwin Esquire Jul 1960 30min Permalink
On the palm trees of Los Angeles.
Victoria Dailey Los Angeles Review of Books Jul 2014 20min Permalink
On the narrative of sexual coercion.
Mary Beard London Review of Books Aug 2000 10min Permalink
The evolution and economics of English football.
David Conn London Review of Books Aug 2012 15min Permalink
A profile of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, prime minister of Turkey.
Dexter Filkins New Yorker Mar 2012 40min Permalink
A profile of the publisher of Screw, who died this week.
Will Sloan Hazlitt Dec 2013 15min Permalink
On the dueling propagandists of Kiev and Moscow.
Timothy Snyder New York Review of Books Feb 2014 10min Permalink
Dick Cheney and the political history of warrantless surveillance.
Mark Danner New York Review of Books Apr 2014 15min Permalink
Was Steinbrenner’s Partner the “Madoff of Memorabilia”? Inside a collector’s hoax.
Peter J. Nash Hauls of Shame Jul 2011 25min Permalink
The disappearance of Natalee Holloway and the clash of cultures that followed.
Bryan Burrough Vanity Fair Jan 2006 40min Permalink
A pub’s-eye view of Ireland’s recent run of leaders.
Gabriel O'Malley n+1 Nov 2011 20min Permalink
A literary exploration of Obama’s voice.
Zadie Smith New York Review of Books Feb 2009 Permalink
The work of California Task Force Two, the “Seal Team Six of disaster aid.”
Vince Beiser California Sunday Jul 2015 Permalink
The life of Eric Werner, the chef of the most popular restaurant in Tulum, Mexico.
Rachel Khong Lucky Peach Sep 2015 20min Permalink
A map of the Queen of Cookbooks’ rise to power.
Choire Sicha Eater Sep 2015 20min Permalink
The rise of the king of American swingers.
Michael Damiano Boston Magazine Jan 2016 20min Permalink
So many theories of laughter, so many chortles left unexplained.
Mary Beard The Chronicle of Higher Education Jul 2014 10min Permalink
A profile of then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz.
Wil S. Hylton GQ Dec 2003 25min Permalink
Part two of the history of the Educational Testing Service.
Nicholas Lemann The Atlantic Sep 1995 40min Permalink
The interior life of a sniper, the most misunderstood icon of the modern military.
William Langewiesche Vanity Fair Feb 2010 40min Permalink
A profile of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, written at the midpoint of his career.
John Papanek Sports Illustrated Mar 1980 20min Permalink
A profile of Roger Ailes, CEO of Fox News.