The Man Who Would Be Prince
A profile of Prince as Diamonds and Pearls was released, based mostly off a brief phone call, all the access he’ll allow.
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The Longform Guide to Making Movies
Behind the scenes of Lost Highway
Meet The Dread Pirate Roberts, The Man Behind Booming Black Market Drug Website Silk Road
A profile of a virtual kingpin.
Death and the All-American Boy
A profile of Joe Biden, written not long after the car crash that killed his wife and daughter.
When a Kid Kills His Longtime Abuser, Who's the Victim?
Vengeance, abuse, and the strange double standards of death penalty politics.
Windows on the Will
A trip to the zoo, Charlie Kaufman’s new film, and human despair.
Evgeny vs. the Internet
A profile of Evgeny Morozov, “either the most astute, feared, loathed, or useless writer about digital technology working today.”
Elton McDonald and the Incredible Story Behind the Toronto Tunnel
He built it as a “portal into a world of quiet.”
The Invisibles
For the members of UCLA’s undocumented immigrant club, going to school means fighting for an education most students take for granted.
As the World Burns
The story of how Washington blew its best shot to do something on climate change.
The Tween-Ruled App Turning Middle Schoolers Into Pop Stars
The lip-syncing app Musical.ly claims that it has signed up 50% of American teens.
The Longform Guide to Bob Dylan
Three of our favorite articles on the latest Nobel Prize winner.
The 21st Century Gold Rush
How the refugee crisis has made a lot of people very, very rich.
The Circus Leaves Town
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus performs the last shows of its 146 year run.
Two Strangers Bond Over Country Music and Beer. Then the Gunshots Started.
The short friendship of Kody Robertson and Michelle Vo.
The Killer-Nanny Novel That Conquered France
Leïla Slimani’s best-seller explores the dark relationship of a mother and her babysitter.
The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder
An encyclopedic evisceration of the NFL owner and former Six Flags chairman.
The Big Lie
A professor schemed to get a raise and win his department’s respect. Instead, he wrecked his career.
The Grindr Grifter
Daniel Spence used dating apps to scam his way across the U.S. Could he be caught before taking over one of Brooklyn’s hottest media companies?
The Bible That Oozed Oil
A small Georgia town, a prophecy about Donald Trump, and the story of how a miracle fell apart.
Inside Trump's Cruel Campaign Against the U.S.D.A.'s Scientists
With key U.S.D.A. programs—from food stamps to meat inspection, to grants and loans for rural development, to school lunches—under siege, the agency’s greatest problem is that even the people it helps most don’t know what it does.
Under the Weather
As psychiatrists and philosophers begin to define a pervasive mental health crisis triggered by climate change, they ask who is really sick: the individual or society?
The Mystery Monk Making Billions With 5-Hour Energy
On Manoj Bhargava, who says he’s “probably the wealthiest Indian in America,” and his ubiquitous product.
The Machine-Tooled Happyland
A trip to Disneyland in the mid-1960s.
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The Unretiring Serena Williams
“Richard Williams raised her to go to war with the world. Post-tennis, she plans to live in it.”
