Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
A jury foreman on the messy effectiveness of the American justice system.
Search
Showing 25 articles matching physics of music.
Good Ol' Girl
A profile of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
Huffing and Puffing
On the (disputed) origins of the Huffington Post.
"Damn Right," I Said
On George W. Bush’s memoir, Decision Points.
Final Cut
The decline of the American autopsy and what it says about modern medicine.
Hasids vs. Hipsters
The abridged history of a Brooklyn culture war.
Thinking Through the Tomato Harvester
The story of a machine.
Mandy Patinkin: 'I Behaved Abominably'
A profile of the actor.
America’s Worst Community Colleges
On the dysfunctional community colleges of San Francisco.
Broken Heartland
The looming collapse of agriculture on the Great Plains.
Treasury Island
A young wonk is handed the budget of the world’s smallest republic.
What the Hell Happened in East New York?
The story of a broken neighborhood.
Madness
The horror of being mentally ill in Florida’s prisons.
Man on the Street
A profile of photographer Bill Cunningham.
"We're the Only Plane in the Sky"
An oral history of Air Force One on September 11th.
The Mind-Bending Benedict Cumberbatch
A profile of “the internet’s boyfriend.”
The Last Whale Hunt for a Vanishing Alaskan Village
A story from the end of the earth.
Andy Borowitz Is Not Trying to Trick You
A profile of the polarizing New Yorker columnist.
Digital Pimps or Fearless Publishers?
Inside the fall of Village Voice Media’s backpage.com.
How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games
Programming luck involves a lot of rule-bending and mind-manipulation.
Kalmykia’s Long Goodbye
The mass deportation of the Siberian Kalmyk people by Stalin still reverberates.
Michael Flynn, General Chaos
A profile, months in the making, of now-former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Buried Alive: Stories From Inside Solitary Confinement
An oral history of SHU.
Betsy DeVos' Holy War
A profile of America’s new education secretary.
The Showman
A profile of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
