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A profile of Malala Yousafzai, the young activist from Pakistan who was just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The Man Who Got America High
Alfred Dellentash Jr. chartered the Rolling Stones in private jets while smuggling planeloads of Pablo Escobar’s drugs on the side.
The Things They Leave Behind
Mementos left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the man in charge of cataloging them.
The Longform Guide to The Boston Phoenix
As the paper closes, a collection of its greatest hits.
The Last Executioner
The mysterious life and death of Dow B. Hover, the man who ran New York’s electric chair.
This Is What It's Like to Come to the United States as a Refugee
One story of coming to America from the Soviet Union.
Return to the Rainforest
The son of an American anthropologist returns to the Amazon to reunite with his mother, an indigenous tribeswoman.
How The Beatles Went Viral
In the Winter of 1964, the Fab Four rocket to superstardom in just six weeks.
The Decade in Indie
On the increasing tension between the pleasant, thoughtful indie rock of car commercials and those who insist on something weirder.
The Man Who Sleeps in Hitler’s Bed
Kevin Wheatcroft owns the world’s largest collection of Nazi memorabilia. And he’s suddenly eager to show it off.
Web Design: The First 100 Years
Right now, never-ending technological progress feels inevitable. It isn’t. And that’s a good thing. A talk on the future of the internet.
Holiday at the Dictator’s Guesthouse
The story of Jeffrey Fowle, an Ohio man who tried to smuggle a Bible into North Korea.
The Girl Who Tried to Save the World
The life and death of Marla Ruzicka, a 28-year-old aid worker in Baghdad.
The Invaders
A writer’s trip home to Hot Springs, Arkansas, and the racetrack inextricably linked with the histories of his family and his hometown.
Alone, 'Riodoce' Covers the Drug Cartel Beat
A profile of the Mexican newsweekly, a “lone voice” in reporting on the narcos.
The Novelist and the Sheikh
On the Cairo knifing of 82-year-old Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz and its aftermath.
The Big Data Billionaire Waging War on Mainstream Media
Computer scientist tycoon Robert Mercer is at the heart of a shockingly well-funded propaganda network.
The Hungriest Man on Earth
How the heaviest man in the NFL survived a life of pain and transformed his body after falling in love.
The Great Pot Monopoly Mystery
The mysterious business interests trying to patent strains and turn their company into the Monsanto of legal marijuana.
How the Elderly Lose Their Rights
Guardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it.
Saving the World From the Code Apocalypse
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.
The Serial-Killer Detector
A former journalist, equipped with an algorithm and the largest collection of murder records in the country, finds patterns in crime.
The Young and the Reckless
A gang of teen hackers snatched the keys to Microsoft’s videogame empire. Then they went too far.
The 1925 Cave Rescue That Captivated the Nation
America’s first viral story was of a Kentucky cave explorer, Floyd Collins, and the epic effort to rescue him.
The Plot to Steal the Color White From DuPont
How Walter Liew stole titanium white from DuPont on behalf of the Chinese government.
