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In the aftermath of a mysterious murder, exploring a part of the story that has received little attention: the young man who lost his life.
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In the aftermath of a mysterious murder, exploring a part of the story that has received little attention: the young man who lost his life.
Rend Smith Washington City Paper Feb 2011 Permalink
What Egypt learned from the students who overthrew Milosevic. “The Serbs are not the usual highly paid consultants in suits from wealthy countries; they look more like, well, cocky students. They bring a cowboy swagger. They radiate success. Everyone they teach wants to do what the Serbs did.”
Tina Rosenberg Foreign Policy Feb 2011 Permalink
A profile of Jack Dorsey, co-founder (and displaced CEO) of Twitter. Dorsey’s latest venture, a mobile credit card system called Square that only officially launched in February 2011, already processes more than a million transactions per day.
David Kirkpatrick Vanity Fair Apr 2011 Permalink
On who will bear the burden of the financial crisis facing cities across America. “Will it be articulated in terms of bond defaults or larger kindergarten classes—or no kindergarten classes at all?”
A visit to Tokyo’s first co-sleeping cafe, where one can pay a set fee to sleep next to a woman in 20 minute increments, though spooning, being patted on the head, and a change of pajamas are extra.
Gideon Lewis-Kraus Harper's Aug 2013 10min Permalink
“They cruise the city in chauffeured cars, blasting rap, selling pot to classmates. How some of New York’s richest kids joined forces with some of its poorest.”
Nancy Jo Sales New York Dec 1996 20min Permalink
Jay Miscovich spent his life wanting to hunt for treasure. In 2010, after just a few months of trying, he found half a billion dollars worth of emeralds at the bottom of the Atlantic. A few years later he killed himself.
Robert P. Baird Harper's Feb 2016 1h Permalink
Thirteen years ago, Chris Velten disappeared while retracing the travels of explorer Mungo Park in Africa. He hadn’t been heard from at all — until he sent a friend request.
Jamie Maddison Love Nature May 2016 20min Permalink
They believe that strangers on the street watch them, follow them in vans, whisper as they pass. Their family urge them to seek help. Then they find people online who have experienced the same thing they have.
Mike McPhate New Yok Times Jun 2016 Permalink
It’s in Florida and it involves Marco Rubio, the 33-year-old preferred candidate of the Democratic establishment, and “the only member of Congress whose desk is decorated with a plaque that reads: I HAVE FLYING MONKEYS AND I’M NOT AFRAID TO USE THEM!”
Jason Zengerle New York Jul 2016 25min Permalink
An East German weightlifter ingested more anabolic steroids than any other athlete in recorded history. It didn’t end well.
Brian Blickenstaff Vice Aug 2016 15min Permalink
“In some ways fame is gratifying, but you have to be very careful of what you wish for because you just might get it.”
Jerry Leichtling The Village Voice Dec 1975 Permalink
She has convinced her followers she is a pretty-in-pink naïf, an escort, an unhinged ex, an office drone, and, most recently, an expectant mother. None of it is real.
Molly Langmuir Elle Oct 2016 15min Permalink
A journey through Venezuela, once the richest country in South America, but now collapsing under the weight of the world’s highest rates of inflation and violent crime.
William Finnegan New Yorker Nov 2016 40min Permalink
Real-estate mogul Charles Kushner had been cast out of power, found guilty of a strange bundle of crimes including “secretly setting up [his brother-in-law] with a prostitute, then taping the encounter.” His son Jared, then 23, was left to carry the ambition for the both of them.
Gabriel Sherman New York Jul 2009 30min Permalink
The country has become repressive in a way that it has not been since the Cultural Revolution. What does its darkening political climate—and growing belligerence—mean for the United States?
James Fallows The Atlantic Nov 2016 20min Permalink
The Medallion Fund, a computer-driven hedge fund open to only 300 people, has produced about $55 billion in profit over the last 28 years. Almost nobody knows how they have done it.
Katherine Burton Bloomberg Business Nov 2016 15min Permalink
The second richest musician in the world, behind Paul McCartney, is James Dolan, owner of the Knicks and Madison Square Garden, whose band JD & The Straight Shot toured opening for Jewel behind an album that sold 113 copies.
Dave McKenna Deadspin May 2016 25min Permalink
He was a Baptist who became a Muslim, a Marine who became a bank robber, a criminal who became an informant, and a student who became an imam. But was Marcus Robertson connected to the deadliest mass shooting in American history?
David Gauvey Herbert The Atavist Magazine Dec 2016 1h Permalink
As one of the Angola 3, he was in isolation longer than any other American. Then he came home to face his future.
Rachel Aviv New Yorker Jan 2017 45min Permalink
In 1977, Johanna van Haarlem finally tracked down the son, Erwin, she had abandoned as a baby 33 years earlier. She immediately travelled to London to meet him. It was the perfect cover.
BBC Jeff Maysh Jan 2017 10min Permalink
A discovery in a Lithuanian forest brings a tale of survival back to life.
Matthew Shaer Smithsonian Magazine Mar 2017 20min Permalink
At the age of 20, Christopher Knight parked his car on a remote trail in Maine and walked away. He had no plan. He had no tools. And he survived alone for 27 years.
Michael Finkel The Guardian Mar 2017 15min Permalink
After decades at the fringe, conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones helped usher a president into office. Now, the only person standing in Jones’ way is Jones.
Charlie Warzel Buzzfeed May 2017 25min Permalink
“This is Britain in 2017. A Britain that increasingly looks like a “managed” democracy. Paid for by a US billionaire. Using military-style technology. Delivered by Facebook. And enabled by us.”
Carole Cadwalladr The Guardian May 2017 25min Permalink