Quiet: A Soldier’s Fight for the Most Silent Place in America
A veteran with PTSD takes on the fighter jets that fly above his sanctuary on the Olympic Peninsula.
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A veteran with PTSD takes on the fighter jets that fly above his sanctuary on the Olympic Peninsula.
Madeline Ostrander Seattle Met Nov 2016 15min Permalink
The questionable close relationship between a mobster/informant and an F.B.I. agent during a bloody Colombo crime family battle.
Fredric Dannen New Yorker Dec 1996 40min Permalink
Mistakes were made by the middle-aged Americans who hoped to take over Gambia.
Andrew Rice The Guardian Jul 2015 30min Permalink
What the internet looks like to someone who spent the past six years in an Iranian prison.
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A reporter lounges at the exclusive club for months to study the beautiful people sipping rosé poolside—and whether they’re actually doing any work.
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The disgraced former FIFA president tries to defend himself while eating boiled beef.
Malcolm More The Financial Times Oct 2015 10min Permalink
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How a Russian-born Canadian 23-year-old invented Ethereum, the first cryptocurrency to seriously challenge Bitcoin.
Claire Brownell The Financial Post Jun 2017 Permalink
Three decades ago, Olof Palme was assassinated on Stockholm’s busiest street. The case remains unsolved.
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An interview with the actor.
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Gabriel Jiménez built Nicolás Maduro a digital coin and nearly paid with his life.
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For decades, flying saucers were a punch line. Then the U.S. government got over the taboo.
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Meet Me @ the Altar want to be household names—and that’s not a crazy notion.
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How a 26-year-old cocktail waitress ended up running a private weekly poker game for some of Hollywood’s highest rollers.
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This guide is sponsored by George Saunders's Tenth of December, the acclaimed short story collection published this year by Random House. A National Book Award Finalist and one of The New York Times Book Review's Top 10 of 2013, Tenth of December has been hailed by critics as "an irresistible mix of humor and humanity," "a visceral and moving act of storytelling," and "a feat of inventiveness."</p>
It's really, really good. Makes for a great gift, too. Buy it today. Should you need further convincing, here is a collection of classic Saunders stories, both fiction and non-fiction, from our archive:</em>
A field study in Fresno.
GQ Sep 2009 50min
A profile of Saunders as Tenth of December was published.
Joel Lovell New York Times Magazine Jan 2013 25min
Saunders discusses his process.
Patrick Dacey BOMB Magazine Jun 2011 15min
Another short story from Tenth of December, one that took Saunders more than a dozen years to complete.
New Yorker Oct 2012 35min
Saunders travels to Dubai; Arab children see snow for the first time, which is made by a Kenyan.
GQ Nov 2005 40min
On the virtue of kindness.
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"The couple tried to make them leave. They complained to the police. When that didn’t work, they tried to build friendships, hoping they could charm the squatters into respecting their property. Sometimes, they hid in their house. For three years, the tension built. Until one sweltering summer night in 2016."
Lane DeGregory Tampa Bay Times Nov 2017 25min Permalink
The case against Jonathan Pollard, an American who spied for Israel.
Seymour Hersh New Yorker Jan 1999 25min Permalink
An investigation into violence against Mexican citizens by the U.S. Border Patrol.
Nate Blakeslee Texas Monthly May 2014 25min Permalink
During World War II, the indigenous Aleut people were forced into camps. 10% died.
Eva Holland Maisonneuve Jul 2014 20min Permalink
On Billy Joel’s sardonic gloom.