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What’s behind the cyclical fashionability of the monstrously ugly Birkenstock?
Rebecca Mead New Yorker Mar 2015 20min Permalink
The hopes, dreams and failures of Nigeria’s commercial capital.
Alexis Okeowo Granta Apr 2015 15min Permalink
Inside the abusive practices of magazine-subscription sub-contractors.
Darlena Cunha The Atlantic Apr 2015 20min Permalink
The informal network of volunteers that keep abortion access open in Texas.
Alexa Garcia-Ditta Texas Observer May 2015 10min Permalink
The process of decomposition, recounted in painstaking detail.
Moheb Costandi Ars Technica May 2015 15min Permalink
The life of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, shot dead by the police in Washington state.
Brooke Jarvis Seattle Met May 2015 20min Permalink
The life and death of an Elvis obsessive.
Brandon Harris n+1 Jun 2015 25min Permalink
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What the Titanic can tell us about the current state of business.
Christopher Surdak HP Matter Jun 2015 10min Permalink
An autopsy of the San Jose Mercury News.
Michael Shapiro Columbia Journalism Review Nov 2011 1h Permalink
On the arrival of Formula 1 in India.
Mehboob Jeelani The Caravan Nov 2011 2h15min Permalink
Bill Russell, race, and the NBA of the 1960s.
Gilbert Rogin Sports Illustrated Nov 1963 20min Permalink
On the “horrible weirdness” of Kim Jung Il’s Korea.
Philip Gourevitch New Yorker Sep 2003 1h Permalink
A profile of legendary Houston socialite Becca Cason Thrash.
Skip Hollandsworth Texas Monthly Sep 2002 25min Permalink
A profile of Michelle Williams.
Chris Heath GQ Jan 2012 25min Permalink
A profile of Harold Hamm, oil baron.
Bryan Gruley Businessweek Jan 2012 10min Permalink
Inside the world of targeted marketing.
Charles Duhigg New York Times Magazine Feb 2012 15min Permalink
The story of Southwest Airlines.
S. C. Gwynne Texas Monthly Mar 2012 25min Permalink
How the world’s biggest casino ran out of luck.
Michael Sokolove New York Times Magazine Mar 2012 25min Permalink
The inside story of the Affordable Care Act.
Jonathan Cohn The New Republic May 2010 45min Permalink
On the Daily Mail’s dominance of England.
Lauren Collins New Yorker Mar 2012 35min Permalink
A profile of Candy Barr—porn star pioneer, burlesque legend, Texas folk hero.
Gary Cartwright Texas Monthly Dec 1976 40min Permalink
On the possibility of “fluid intelligence.”
Dan Hurley New York Times Magazine Apr 2012 20min Permalink
Controversy over the alleged gold standard of forensic evidence.
Michael Specter New Yorker May 2002 30min Permalink
One man’s stories from the early days of the NBA.
Matt Kalman The Classical Apr 2012 15min Permalink
A painter’s dogged, doomed pursuit of the perfect $100 bill.
David Wolman Wired May 2012 20min Permalink