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Fear of Falling
Four American rock climbers are kidnapped by guerillas in Kyrgyzstan.
The Handshake
Why did Yousef Muslet face life in prison for an everyday gesture?
The Spy Who Came Home
Why an expert in counterterrorism became a beat cop.
Open Hearts
They got heart transplants on the same day. Then they fell in love.
Are Cities Making Animals Smarter?
A mysterious wild cat in Sri Lanka may hold a clue.
The American Nightmare
More than 50 foreclosure stories have one word in common: Nightmare.
The Watcher
The haunting of 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey.
Powder Keg
Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder.
Fifty Shades of White
The long fight against racism in romance novels.
A Sport of Their Own
In Kansas, girls didn’t have a wrestling championship. Mya Kretzer changed that.
Waiting for Obama
Can his cerebral politics still galvanize voters in an age of extremes?
If My Scars Could Talk
How acute childhood trauma infects and compromises relationships later in life.
Behind the Scenes at Rotten Tomatoes
What happens when humans, not algorithms, are in charge.
White Riot
In 1992, thousands of furious, drunken cops descended on City Hall—and changed New York history.
Selling Certainty
In a sea of skeptics, this physician was one of fibromyalgia patients’ few true allies. Or was he?
Matter of Rothko
The story of Levine’s father and his involvement in the legal battle over the 798 finished paintings Rothko had in his studio when he was discovered there in a pool of blood. The case spawned a feature film, Legal Eagles, and hinged on an unusual question; was Mark Rothko an artistic genius?
Ryan O’Hanlon is a soccer writer for ESPN. His new book is Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.
“It wasn’t just that I was burned out from two years at The Ringer, it was being burned out from nine years of just freakin’ bobbing up and down to keep my head above water, and changing the water every year.”
Lauren Markham is the author of The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life and has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, and VQR. Her new book is A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging.
“It took me a while to figure out that this is actually a book about storytelling, about journalistic storytelling, about the kind of myths we spin culturally and politically, about history, about current events, and the role of journalism within all of that, and my role as a journalist.”
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Fear This Man
David Vincenzetti says his company, which sells spyware to world’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies, is helping to thwart terrorism. Others say it’s a danger to citizens, dissidents, and journalists alike.
Woody Allen: Rabbit Running
A profile of an up-and-coming director:
Well, according to Woody, his ascent has been a series of painful falls. Success hasn't changed him, Allen insists: he's still a schlemiel. "I'm afraid of the dark and suspicious of the light," he says. "I have an intense desire to return to the womb—anybody's." Ineptitude, Woody goes on, is a family curse.
I Was an Undercover Uber Driver
Uber says its drivers can earn as much as $90,000. The author decided to fact-check that number the only way she could: by becoming a driver herself.
Ariel Levy is a staff writer at The New Yorker.
"I like an older awesome lady, I don't think enough is written about older awesome ladies and I don't think there are enough role models for younger awesome ladies. It’s great fun hanging out with an older awesome lady. It’s inspiring. And it makes you think 'Jesus, I might be rocking it when I’m 80!'"
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The Mind Readers
The scientists working to free those trapped between life and death.
The Harlem Ghetto: Winter 1948
On “the Negro’s ambivalent relation to the Jew.”
