10 Timeframes
On the shifting nature of time.
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Pathway to Power
A 7-part investigation into the true nature of Long Island politics, through the story of street tough-turned-power broker Gary Melius.
The Hacker Who Took Down a Country
Daniel Kaye, also known as Spdrman, found regular jobs tough but corporate espionage easy. He’s about to get out of prison.
Dark Ecology
An essay on wielding the scythe.
Joel Lovell, deputy editor of The New York Times Magazine, interviewed live at the University of Pittsburgh.
"I think if you can make a writer feel like it's okay to not know what they're doing—they don't really know exactly what their story is, they're a little lost in their material—that's a fine place to be. If you can sort of talk it through, if you can minimize their anxiety a little bit, then I think you've done most of your job. After that it's just looking at the words and just figuring out which ones work."
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Best of 2012: Essays
The Longform Guide to Elephants
Fantasyland
On designer Jean Paul Gaultier and his inspirations.
What Is Code?
A 38,000-word answer.
The Toughest Coach There Ever Was
“Robert Victor Sullivan, whom you’ve surely never heard of, was the toughest coach of them all. He was so tough he had to have two tough nicknames, Bull and Cyclone, and his name was usually recorded this way: coach Bob “Bull” “Cyclone” Sullivan or coach Bob (Bull) (Cyclone) Sullivan. Also, at times he was known as Big Bob or Shotgun. He was the most unique of men, and yet he remains utterly representative of a time that has vanished, from the gridiron and from these United States.”
Editing While Female
“Places like the New York Times, Le Monde and the Washington Post are not given to elevating editors—of any gender—who would accept anything other than the highest of standards. As in tough, demanding, challenging. But there’s no doubt that many find this off-putting and threatening from a certain kind of woman. Like me.”
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#FreeMeekMill
A jailhouse interview.
Jack Hitt contributes to Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, and This American Life.
“I’ve always lived more or less unemployed in these markets, and happily so. I think being unemployed keeps you a little more sharp in terms of looking for stories. It never gets any easier. That motivation and that desperation, whatever you want to call that, is still very much behind many of the conversations I have all day long trying to find those threads, those strings, that are going to pull together and turn into something.”
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How Science Is Unlocking the Secrets of Addiction
Not long ago the idea of repairing the brain’s wiring to fight addiction would have seemed far-fetched. But advances in neuroscience have upended conventional notions about addiction—what it is, what can trigger it, and why quitting is so tough.
Everything's Not O.K.
The former NHL tough guy tells his story of head trauma, depression, and his search for peace.
I don’t want to die. But, you know, nothing is for certain. And I’m tired of keeping quiet.
The American Room
Behind the nation’s closed doors, with YouTube.
Fussbudget
How Paul Ryan remade the Republican Party in his own image.
Getting Away with It
How Wall Street thoroughly dominated Obama’s economic policy.
She Complained that a Powerful Congressman Harassed Her
Here’s why you didn’t hear her story.
Bitcoin Is Ridiculous. Blockchain Is Dangerous
The true believers won’t stop until they’ve remade the world.
Who Stole the Water?
How greed is sucking Texas dry.
Building a Green Economy
Paul Krugman breaks down the basics of climate change economics, from Arthur Cecil Pigou to Capitol Hill.
The Longform Guide to Climate Change
Tuna's End
Will we deplete the worldwide Bluefin Tuna population beyond repair?
