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The String Theory
A footnoted inquiry into the physics and metaphysics of tennis.
Sex & Death in the Afternoon
An oral history of the soap opera.
The Riddler
A profile of Henry Hook, the world’s best crossword puzzler, who died this week.
The Smartest Bro in the Room
A profile of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.
The Broad Strokes
On the appeal of Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer.
Dwight and Paul Have Left the Building
The life and death of an Elvis obsessive.
Alone In the Dark
On the “horrible weirdness” of Kim Jung Il’s Korea.
The Devils in the Diva
A posthumous profile of Whitney Houston.
The Ultimate Counterfeiter Isn't a Crook—He's an Artist
A painter’s dogged, doomed pursuit of the perfect $100 bill.
Winamp’s Woes: How the Greatest MP3 Player Undid Itself
The story of an opportunity missed.
The Killing Bones
The rise and fall of an antiquities collector turned grave robber.
How New Zealand Made Edmund Hillary, the Man Who Conquered Everest
The origins of an explorer.
The Tower
A 60,000-word investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire.
Buc-ee’s: The Path to World Domination
The making of a convenience store empire.
The Sting
The inside story of a brutally botched undercover operation.
The Impossible Profession
The life and work of a Manhattan psychoanalyst.
Motherhood Through The Looking 'Gram
The cost of parents sharing their lives on Instagram.
The Sanctuary
In Minneapolis, a group of activists take over a Sheraton and open it to the homeless, banning police.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
A clinical test is underway to evaluate MDMA—ecstasy—as a treatment for PTSD.
Disneyland with the Death Penalty
On the sanitized wonderland that is Singapore.
Meet the Shaggs
From 1968-1973, the three teenage Wiggin sisters, guided by a domineering father, played their strange music at New Hampshire ballrooms and recorded a single album. The Philosophy of the World LP goes for over $500 today, but the intervening decades have not been kind to the Wiggins.
The New Normal
Scenes of grief, from the sister of comedian Harris Wittels.
Confessions of a Black Gentrifier in D.C.
A young black gentrifier gets lumped in with both groups, often depending on what she’s wearing and where she’s drinking. She is always aware of that fact.
John Mackey: The Conscious Capitalist
A profile of the Whole Foods CEO, who, despite a rash of problems with his company, firmly believes he’s seen the future of American business.
