White Utopia
The racist foundation of Oregon.
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The racist foundation of Oregon.
Matt Novak Gizmodo Jan 2015 20min Permalink
On the shifting nature of time.
With the exception of the imperial offspring of the Ming dynasty and the dauphins of pre-Revolutionary France, contemporary American kids may represent the most indulged young people in the history of the world.
Elizabeth Kolbert New Yorker Jun 2012 10min Permalink
An oral history of Wikipedia.
Tom Roston OneZero Jan 2021 20min Permalink
Selling the story of disinformation.
Joseph Bernstein Harper's Aug 2021 25min Permalink
The prison-industrial complex is not only a set of interest groups and institutions. It is also a state of mind. The lure of big money is corrupting the nation's criminal-justice system, replacing notions of public service with a drive for higher profits. The eagerness of elected officials to pass "tough-on-crime" legislation — combined with their unwillingness to disclose the true costs of these laws — has encouraged all sorts of financial improprieties. The inner workings of the prison-industrial complex can be observed in the state of New York, where the prison boom started, transforming the economy of an entire region; in Texas and Tennessee, where private prison companies have thrived; and in California, where the correctional trends of the past two decades have converged and reached extremes.
Eric Schlosser The Atlantic Dec 1998 55min Permalink
A beloved girls’ basketball coach is accused of sexually molesting several of his players.
Eric Adelson ESPN Jan 2005 20min Permalink
On the history of masturbation.
Stephen Greenblatt The New York Review of Books Apr 2004 20min Permalink
The aftermath of a stranger’s death and the puzzle of psychosis.
Christopher Frizzelle The Stranger Aug 2012 25min Permalink
On the future of Britain’s finances.
John Lanchester London Review of Books Dec 2012 20min Permalink
An oral history of the University of Texas Tower massacre.
Pamela Colloff Texas Monthly Aug 2006 40min Permalink
A profile of Cormac McCarthy–on the verge of fame.
Robert Draper Texas Monthly Jul 1992 10min Permalink
The bleak final season of Tony Gonzalez’s Hall of Fame career.
Seth Wickersham ESPN the Magazine Feb 2014 10min Permalink
On the rise of the modern city – and the rise of missing persons.
James Mokeller Bugby The Atlantic Nov 1879 20min Permalink
A profile of Sage Kimzey, the 20-year-old king of rodeo.
Abe Streep California Sunday Feb 2015 Permalink
The mysterious death of one of college basketball’s most promising coaches.
Wright Thompson ESPN Apr 2015 25min Permalink
The politics and rhetoric of Trevor Noah’s appointment as the new host of the Daily Show.
Wesley Morris Grantland Apr 2015 15min Permalink
A profile of Jamie Dimon as he became CEO of JP Morgan Chase.
Shawn Tully Fortune Mar 2006 15min Permalink
The backstory of the publication of WikiLeaks’s Afghanistan logs.
A 2000 speech on the impossibility of all forms of exile, particularly literary.
Roberto Bolaño The Nation Jan 2011 10min Permalink
A takedown of the Last of the Mohicans author.
Mark Twain North American Review Jan 1895 20min Permalink
An accidental evening with Yeats, in the spring of 1937.
Avies Platt London Review of Books Aug 2015 30min Permalink
A profile of Rei Kawakubo, an artist of few words who changed women’s fashion.
Judith Thurman New Yorker Jul 2005 25min Permalink
The life of one of America’s bloodiest hitmen.
Jessica Garrison Buzzfeed May 2018 50min Permalink
Generations of the writer’s family experience the “romantic delusions and hazardous fortunes” of San Francisco.
Nathan Heller New Yorker Aug 2018 20min Permalink