And Such Small Deer
A writer struggles to defend his arbor vitae trees from a pack of hungry deer—“an episode of great vexation and buffoonery.”
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Tea & Crackers
Taibbi on the Tea Party. “After lengthy study of the phenomenon, I’ve concluded that the whole miserable narrative boils down to one stark fact: They’re full of shit.”
Fascinating Fascism
On a book of photographs shot by Leni Riefenstahl in the 1950s and 1960s depicting an African tribe.
The Chess Master
A grandmaster on the computers that have bested him and how we have misunderstood the implications of artificial intelligence.
David Fincher Gets the Girl
A profile of the director, written from the set of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
What Made This University Scientist Snap?
How the culture of academia helped Amy Bishop, a University of Alabama scientist who murdered colleagues during a faculty meeting, fall apart.
The Quest for Hitler's Lost Treasures
The detective work that led to the recovery of a trove of stolen Nazi art.
Coyote Bros
How three friends and a team of frat brothers made a fortune smuggling people along the most heavily patrolled stretch of highway in Texas.
To Live and Die in Mumbai
A murder involving one of the India’s celebrity couples has mesmerized the country and exposed some of its darkest fears.
The Cobalt Pipeline
Tracing the path of one of the world’s most in-demand minerals from deadly mines in Congo to your phone.
Doomsday for the Super-Rich
Some of the wealthiest people in America are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.
“A Reckoning for Our Species”
A profile of philosopher Timothy Morton, who wants humanity to give up some of its core beliefs.
The First Social Media Suicide
A teenager in a dreary suburb of Paris live-streams her own suicide—and acquires a morbid kind of digital celebrity.
The Deferential Spirit
On Bob Woodward’s “rather eerie aversion to engaging the ramifications of what people say to him.”
Swamp Thing
The rise of Mike Pence’s chief of staff Nick Ayers and what it reveals about post-Citizens United politics.
The Woman Who Has Styled Justin Bieber, Anita Hill, and the iPod
A profile of a dresser of celebrities.
Masterpiece Theater
A Dutch gallerist made thousands of forgeries and passed them off as the work of real artists. When he was caught, a new con began.
The Stowaway
His hotel heists had detectives convinced they were on the trail of one of the world’s most skilled con-men.
Will Trump Burn the Evidence?
How the President could endanger the official records of one of the most consequential periods in American history.
The Basement
Many people dream of building their own home in the country, but one family finds more of a struggle than they bargained for.
The Desperate Journey
Hundreds of families have flocked to Colorado hoping medical marijuana will relieve their children’s epileptic seizures. This is the story of one family’s migration.
Tracy Wang and Nick Baker of CoinDesk, along with their colleague Ian Allison, won the George Polk award for reporting that led to the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and his cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
“Crypto had been kind of a backwater of reporting. It was kind of like nobody took it seriously. People didn’t know if it was a joke and they thought it was all drug dealers and fraudsters. And I was kind of thinking, well, that seems like a great place to be reporting.”
This is the third in a week-long series of conversations with winners of this year's George Polk Awards in Journalism.
Haverford Hoops!
The story of a very bad basketball team.
What We Left Behind
On the future of Iraq.
The Birdman’s Vengeful Ghost
The catfishing of Chris Andersen.
