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Inside the lack of an investigation into Florida State Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston.
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Inside the lack of an investigation into Florida State Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston.
Walt Bogdanich New York Times Apr 2014 20min Permalink
Did Thomas Pynchon write a series of letters to Northern California newspapers under the pseudonym “Wanda Tinasky”?
Scott McLemee Lingua Franca Oct 1995 15min Permalink
The story of Max Factor, a Polish immigrant who revoltuionized Hollywood cosmetics starting in the 1920s, and his “Beauty Calibrator” machine.
Sasha Archibald Cabinet Jan 2014 20min Permalink
Gabrielle Williams is nine years old. She weighs just 12 pounds. The mystery of “syndrome x” and the girls who never age.
Virginia Hughes Mosaic May 2014 25min Permalink
The city’s drop in crime has been nothing short of miraculous. A year-long investigation into the numbers.
David Bernstein, Noah Isackson Chicago Magazine Apr–May 2014 55min Permalink
The story of a high school basketball star’s sexual abuse conviction and its aftermath, told from all sides.
Gary Smith Sports Illustrated Jun 1996 Permalink
Here’s our complete archive of articles about con men, imposters, and scam artists.
A conversation with one of Russia’s “little green men”: a 24-year-old recruited to fight in Eastern Ukraine.
Mumin Shakirov Radio Free Europe Jul 2014 15min Permalink
Y.A. Tittle, an 87-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback with dementia, travels to his hometown for the last time.
Seth Wickersham ESPN Jul 2014 Permalink
Today, Robert Dowlut is the National Rifle Association’s top lawyer. Fifty years ago, he was convicted of murdering a woman with a handgun.
Dave Gilson Mother Jones Jul 2014 30min Permalink
Untangling the aftermath of a United States drone strike in Yemen.
Gregory D. Johnsen Buzzfeed Aug 2014 30min Permalink
Kim Goodsell had a pair of rare diseases. Doctors didn’t have the time to look for a link. So she taught herself genetics and found it herself.
Ed Yong Pacific Standard Aug 2014 20min Permalink
The case of Brett Kimberlin.
David Weigel The Daily Beast Aug 2014 10min Permalink
A profile of the highest-paid female executive in America, who was born male.
Lisa Miller New York Sep 2014 25min Permalink
The profile of a 34-year-old woman named Charity Johnson who tricked people all over the country into believing she was still in high school.
Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Sep 2014 20min Permalink
Is Vemma an energy drink, the new Amway or a pyramid scheme taking advantage of college kids? Maybe all three.
Caleb Hannan Rolling Stone Oct 2014 20min Permalink
Inside the puppet trial of the decade.
Julia Ioffe The New Republic Aug 2012 15min Permalink
Sex and status disclosure in the age of Grindr and undetectable HIV-levels.
Rich Juzwiak Gawker Aug 2012 15min Permalink
In the 1970s, Chile was on the verge of developing sophisticated technology to monitor its economy. Then America intervened.
Alan Bellows Damn Interesting Oct 2012 15min Permalink
Working within Andalusia’s impoverished farming communities, a ragtag pair of longtime union leaders have been leading raids on local supermarkets.
Jeffrey Tayler Businessweek Oct 2012 10min Permalink
An essay on Jimmy Savile, British television and child sexual abuse.
Andrew O'Hagan London Review of Books Nov 2012 30min Permalink
Army Spc. Erik Schei was shot in the head in Iraq. This is the story of his recovery.
Megan McCloskey Stars and Stripes Nov 2012 40min Permalink
On William Cockford and his 1800s gambling hall in London, where much of the British aristocracy lost its fortune.
Mike Dash Smithsonian Nov 2012 Permalink
After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a 30-year-old woman loses most of her memory.
Craig Juer Washington Post Jan 2013 15min Permalink
Thousands of new warehouse jobs were supposed to help lift a struggling British economy. Instead, employees started equating the work with “being in a slave camp.”
Sarah O'Connor The Financial Times Feb 2013 Permalink