The Lady and the Scamp
A profile of book editor Nan Talese.
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At Home With the Best Surfer on the Planet
A profile of 24-year-old John John Florence.
Sherman Alexie on "Not Being the Indian That's Expected"
A profile of the writer.
I Made My Shed the Top Rated Restaurant on TripAdvisor
The story of a dream come true.
The Devil's Bargain
How David Bazan’s music inspired a generation of young, questioning Christians.
The Tin Man Gets His Heart
An oral history of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
A Chinese Company Has Conquered a Piece of America
Dead construction workers, a corrupt political family, and the “impossibly lucrative casino” on the island of Saipan where Chinese gamblers can game on U.S. soil.
Prison Rape and the Government
Prison rape is an epidemic; but the bulk of abuses are not by prisoners themselves, but by guards and other prison workers.
The New Mecca
The author travels to Dubai; Arab children see snow for the first time, which is made by a Kenyan.
Lunch with the FT: Shi Yongxin
The “CEO monk” is decidedly unfamiliar with RZA, Ghostface Killah and Ol’ Dirty Bastard.
The City Where the Sirens Never Sleep
Detroit is dying. But it’s not dead yet. Just ask Charlie LeDuff.
The Lab Leak Theory Doesn’t Hold Up
The rush to find a conspiracy around the COVID-19 pandemic’s origins is driven by narrative, not evidence.
The Accidental Activist
Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, who left Pro-Choice activism for born-again Christianity and a strange life of financial opportunism, died this week.
The Worst Story I Ever Heard
Nobody loved chimpanzees more than St. James Davis and his wife LaDonna; the couple spent more than 30 years—and gained a modicum of fame—raising one as their son. Then they almost died in a brutal chimp attack.
The Con Man Who Became a True-Crime Writer
In his old life, Matthew Cox told stories to scam his way into millions of dollars. Now he’s trying to make it by selling tales that are true.
The Longform Guide to Pittsburgh
The Target
A profile of Malala Yousafzai, the young activist from Pakistan who was just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
And the Award for the Next HBO Goes to...
On CEO Reed Hastings and the future of Netflix.
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.
Return to the Rainforest
The son of an American anthropologist returns to the Amazon to reunite with his mother, an indigenous tribeswoman.
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.
How an eBay Bookseller Defeated a Publishing Giant at the Supreme Court
What the first-sale doctrine means for the future of copyright.
I'm Being Followed: How Google—and 104 Other Companies—Are Tracking Me on the Web
On the ever-expanding world of targeted online advertising.
