Bonfire of the Humanities
Investigating the burning of ancient books by rebels in Timbuktu.
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The Revolutionary Energy of the Outmoded
Retro, apocalypticism, and our “culture of disaster.”
Last Champions of the Third Reich
The story of the 1944 German national soccer championship game.
Why Oliver Sacks is One of the Great Modern Adventurers
The neurologist explores the mystery of hallucinations.
The Brief, Wondrous Life of Zina Lahr
The story of an intensely creative young artist.
The Invention of the AeroPress
A profile of Alan Adler, the guy behind the Aerobie and the beloved AeroPress.
The Garden of Good and Evil
On recommitting to the Knicks after “a decade of dysfunction and delusion.”
The Story of a Snitch
On the rise of witness intimidation in Baltimore.
The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami
A profile of the writer.
The Trials of Bidder 70
A profile of environmental activist Tim DeChristopher.
The Ghost of Cornel West
The rise and fall of “America’s most exciting black scholar.”
The Split Brain: A Tale of Two Halves
The impact, both on researchers and patients, of a radical treatment.
For the Love of Culture
Why our entire understanding of copyright is due for an overhaul.
Private Manning and the Making of WikiLeaks
The definitive biographical portrait of a whistleblower.
The Root of All Things
Inside a school that trains students in an ancient rite: the taking of ayahuasca.
The Legend of Dope Lake
What happened when a plane full of marijuana crashed in Yosemite Park.
The Yunited States of Yuge
A look inside Donald Trump’s portfolio of exclusive real estate properties.
Yuja Wang and the Art of Performance
A profile of the piano prodigy.
The Mystery of the Jazz Cup
Searching for the person responsible for an iconic piece of 90s design.
The End of the Hoop Dream
A broke agent hustles on the extreme fringe of pro basketball.
The Mothers of All Disasters
How to plan for the most serious of possible natural disasters.
Notes Toward a Theory of Hair
The meanings of coiffure, from follicle to shaft.
The Lonely Death of George Bell
And the task of unraveling his life.
Who’s Been Killing the Feral Peacocks of Palos Verdes?
A case of peafowl dividing a neighborhood.
How Government Poisoned the People of Flint
“They played a game of chess with our lives and we lost.”
