A Racing Mind
A profile of NASCAR Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is returning to racing after a series of concussions.
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A profile of NASCAR Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is returning to racing after a series of concussions.
Tommy Tomlinson ESPN the Magazine Feb 2017 25min Permalink
An interview with the founding editor of the New York Review of Books, who died Monday.
Mark Danner New York Apr 2013 30min Permalink
The long legal saga of Kerry Max Cook, who for almost 40 years fought to clear his name after being convicted of murder.
Michael Hall Texas Monthly Mar 2017 50min Permalink
The rise and fall of the “most far-flung, most organized, and most brazen example of homosexual extortion in the nation’s history.”
William McGowan Slate Jul 2012 30min Permalink
On Long Island, unaccompanied minors are caught between the violence of MS-13 and the fear of deportation.
Jonathan Blitzer New Yorker Dec 2017 30min Permalink
How a journalist who wrote a seminal account of police brutality during the 1967 race riots in Newark wound up on the wrong side of the law.
Greg Donahue The Atavist Magazine Mar 2018 1h Permalink
A profile of then-First Lady Barbara Bush, published just before the 1992 presidential election. The lede: “Even Barbara Bush’s stepmother is afraid of her.”
Marjorie Williams Vanity Fair Aug 1992 35min Permalink
The appearance of an ultra-rare Boba Fett with the missile rocks the insular world of Star Wars toy collectors.
Alexander Huls Popular Mechanics Mar 2019 25min Permalink
The curious rise and spectacular crash of the Alliance of American Football, a new league that went under in just eight weeks.
Conor Orr Sports Illustrated May 2019 15min Permalink
A friendship born out of the ruins of a nation, a dangerous journey home, and a 40-year search for the truth.
Brent Crane The Atavist Aug 2019 40min Permalink
A profile of Tyshawn Jones, “one of the most exciting skateboarders in a generation.”
Willy Staley New York Times Magazine Aug 2019 20min Permalink
After Fukushima, balancing the risk of another disaster against the rising danger of climate change.
Carolyn Kormann New Yorker Dec 2019 30min Permalink
Tens of thousands of California’s poorest tenants have endured dangerous conditions in housing run by a single company: PAMA Management.
Aaron Mendelson LAist Feb 2020 45min Permalink
The reckonings of one of the South’s white suburban women, whose loyalty is key to whether Trump is reelected.
Stephanie McCrummen Washington Post Mar 2020 20min Permalink
The global scramble for this vital item has exposed the harsh realities of international politics and the limits of the free market.
Samanth Subramanian Guardian Apr 2020 25min Permalink
A profile of the author, who “looks to history not just for the origins of America’s ailments but for their remedy, too.”
Casey Cep New Yorker Sep 2020 25min Permalink
“This disconnect between culturally mandated politics and the actual demonstrated preferences of most Americans has created an enormous reserve of unmet needs—and a generational opportunity.”
Alana Newhouse Tablet Jan 2021 40min Permalink
An interview with Gabriela López, the head of the San Francisco Board of Education.
Isaac Chotiner New Yorker Feb 2021 Permalink
Wih Alexey Navalny in prison, one of his closest aides is carrying on the lonely work of the opposition.
Masha Gessen New Yorker Jul 2021 25min Permalink
The West Virginia senator reaps big financial rewards from a network of coal companies with grim records of pollution, safety violations, and death.
Daniel Boguslaw Intercept Sep 2021 15min Permalink
In Sinaloa, Mexico, women recover the bodies of missing loved ones—and cook to keep their memories of the dead alive.
Annelise Jolley The Atavist Magazine Dec 2021 20min Permalink
On Tse Chi Lop, “the Jeff Bezos of the drug trade” and ringleader of a $21-billion crime syndicate.
Stephen Marche Toronto Life Nov 2021 Permalink
The creator of Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy offers advice to the Dartmouth class of 2014.
Shonda Rhimes Dartmouth Jun 2014 15min Permalink
The gangs of Brooklyn’s Brownsville, an area with the higest concentration of public housing in America.
Eric Konigsberg New York Jun 2014 20min Permalink
A profile of Michelle Lyons, who viewed 278 executions as both a local reporter and a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Pamela Colloff Texas Monthly Sep 2014 40min Permalink