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A veteran magazine journalist changes jobs at 57.
Austin Murphy The Atlantic Dec 2018 10min Permalink
How a July 4th meal exposes the coronavirus risk for thousands of US food workers.
Katie J.M. Baker, Ryan Mac, Rosie Gray, Albert Samaha Buzzfeeed Jul 2020 30min Permalink
Park ranger Paul Fugate vanished on an Arizona trail more than forty years ago. Investigators are still looking for him.
Brendan Borrell Outside Apr 2021 Permalink
On the politics of North Carolina.
Jane Mayer New Yorker Oct 2011 40min Permalink
An obituary.
Adam Platt New York Jun 2017 15min Permalink
A profile of a 51-year-old preparing himself for the inevitable.
Mark Leibovich New York Times Magazine Mar 2013 15min Permalink
On the lonely life of a for-profit pageant queen.
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Jul 2013 10min Permalink
Pro boxing, famous for larger-than-life characters, now has one invented or the Instagram age.
Brin-Jonathan Butler The Undefeated Dec 2016 15min Permalink
The broadcasting behemoth is up for a charter renewal in the United Kingdom, and it’s exposing every crack in the organization.
Charlotte Higgins The Guardian Jul 2015 25min Permalink
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s widow on addiction, loss, and recovery.
Mimi O'Donnell Vogue Dec 2017 15min Permalink
“Success for us will be determined by our ability to move faster than everyone else in this space.”
Robert Safian Fast Company Aug 2018 25min Permalink
In an excerpt from her book, the late Northern Irish journalist joined a search for a missing youth.
Lyra McKee The Irish Times Mar 2020 15min Permalink
Trials and dangers abound for an interplanetary social worker.
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Yoss, David Frye Guernica Sep 2014 30min Permalink
On the skyrocketing number of Americans on disability—14 million at last count, with payouts topping those for food stamps and welfare combined—and what it means for the U.S. economy.
Chana Joffe-Walt Planet Money Mar 2013 15min Permalink
For years, Joshua Milton Blahyi, better known as General Butt Naked, was one of Liberia’s most feared warlords. Then he became a pastor. Today he visits the families of his victims to seek forgiveness for his sins.
Jonathan Stock Der Spiegel Oct 2013 20min Permalink
The body of a 38-year-old woman lay on her couch with the TV continuously running BBC for three years. Who was she, and why did it take three years for her to be discovered?
Carol Morley The Guardian Oct 2011 20min Permalink
Governor? Senator? Veep? President?!
Rebecca Traister The Cut Mar 2019 30min Permalink
The human lives lost in exchange for cheaper goods.
Jim Yardley New York Times Dec 2012 Permalink
On a cruise with Syvlia Browne, the controversial psychic famous for telling distraught parents where their missing children are.
Jon Ronson The Guardian Oct 2007 20min Permalink
Paul Newman’s will held some unpleasant surprises for his daughters.
Mark Seal Vanity Fair Jul 2015 25min Permalink
Mexicans on social media have their own hashtag for images of naked – and plainly impoverished – women.
Julie Morse The Morning News Aug 2015 10min Permalink
Twenty five years after a shooting left him “100% disabled,” a Baltimore police officer continues to fight for his life.
David Simon The Baltimore Sun Mar 2012 15min Permalink
A profile of the diva who is proving that drag is entertainment for everyone.
Caity Weaver GQ Nov 2017 15min Permalink
Joe Ford, car detective, searches the world for stolen rare automobiles on the black market.
Stayton Bonner Esquire Aug 2019 25min Permalink
Seven years ago, a young Indigenous woman from Tache, BC, went to a party and never came back. Her family won’t stop looking for her.
Annie Hylton The Walrus, Longreads Feb 2020 35min Permalink