On the Trail of a Silver Thief
The case against a notorious cat burglar, who is accused of stealing more than $12 million worth of the South’s finest sterling silver.
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The case against a notorious cat burglar, who is accused of stealing more than $12 million worth of the South’s finest sterling silver.
Kim Severson Garden & Gun Mar 2014 15min Permalink
One man’s choice to stand alone. The story of race, politics, and power in baseball.
Howard Bryant ESPN Jul 2020 20min Permalink
Their community forged by industry, residents of Badin, North Carolina confront the long shadow of racism and pollution.
Emily Cataneo Undark Dec 2021 25min Permalink
For years, the elusive singer-songwriter has been working, at home, on an album with a strikingly raw and percussive sound. But is she prepared to release it into the world?
Emily Nussbaum New Yorker Mar 2020 40min Permalink
Remembering the indie rock club that The New York Times once said was “so New York that it’s in New Jersey.”
Craig Marks, Rob Tannenbaum New York Jul 2013 10min Permalink
“A story is a kind of biopsy of human life.”
Elizabeth Gaffney, Lorrie Moore The Paris Review Jun 2001 35min Permalink
The rise of the Night Wolves, a Kremlin-backed biker gang, and what it says about the Russian political condition.
Peter Pomerantsev London Review of Books Oct 2013 10min Permalink
On the assassination of a half-Palestinian, half-Jewish cultural revolutionary.
Adam Shatz London Review of Books Nov 2013 40min Permalink
An investigation into the family of the accused Boston Marathon bombers.
Sally Jacobs, David Filipov, Patricia Wen The Boston Globe Dec 2013 1h5min Permalink
How a once-lauded psychiatrist became a prolific prescriber of painkillers in one of Virginia’s poorest and most isolated counties.
Ariel Sabar Washingtonian Jan 2014 20min Permalink
A profile of CeaseFire, a group of “violence interrupters” attempting to prevent street shootings by treating them like an infectious disease.
A profile of former Bosnia Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, whose war crimes trial began, and was abruptly suspended, this week.
Robert Block The New York Review of Books Oct 1995 20min Permalink
The controversy surrounding the death of Uche Okafor.
Kent Babb The Kansas City Star May 2012 15min Permalink
Looking back on the making of Sam, Bill, and Neal.
Jennifer Vineyard Vulture Nov 2015 10min Permalink
The rise of the Peoples Temple through the lens of an earlier group: Father Divine’s Peace Mission.
Adam Morris The Believer Apr 2015 25min Permalink
Full six-part series on the rise and fall of Viktor Bout, the most notorious arms dealer of the modern era.
Spiegel Staff Der Spiegel Oct 2010 20min Permalink
The revival of a landmark 1921 musical opens a door on the deep and twisted roots of black performance in America.
A brief history of churchyards, cemeteries, and the ghosts that haunt them.
Colin Dickey Literary Hub Oct 2016 20min Permalink
Every month, thousands of deportees from the United States and hundreds of asylum-seekers from around the world arrive in Tijuana. Many never leave.
Daniel Duane California Sunday May 2018 25min Permalink
Rojava becomes the Spanish Civil War of modern times for a ragtag group of leftists revolutionaries.
Seth Harp Rolling Stone Jul 2018 30min Permalink
On the difficulty of diagnosing chronic lyme disease and the persistent struggle to do no harm.
Rachel Pearson NY Review of Books Jul 2018 15min Permalink
How the #MeToo movement paved the way for a new era of food writing.
Theodore Gioia Los Angeles Review of Books Dec 2019 10min Permalink
A discussion of the “limited but important” power of Occupy Wall Street’s open blog, “We Are the 99%.”
Marco Roth n+1 Oct 2011 Permalink
A profile of England’s pre-eminent scholar of race, culture, and nationalism.
Yohann Koshy Guardian Aug 2021 30min Permalink
How Tim Durham funded a libertine lifestyle—dozens of luxury cars, Playboy-themed parties, a plethora of failed businesses—on the backs of unwitting Ohioans, many of them Amish.
Annie Lowrey Businessweek Jul 2011 15min Permalink