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On the sins of the lazy translator.
Vladimir Nabokov The New Republic Aug 1941 10min Permalink
The story of an 80-year-old hoax.
Michael LaPointe The Atlantic May 2018 35min Permalink
Apocalypse camp at the dawn of the Great Extinction.
Lauren Groff Harper's Feb 2020 25min Permalink
The clock is a useful social tool, but it is also deeply political: It benefits some, marginalizes others and blinds us from a true understanding of our own bodies and the world around us.
Joe Zadeh Noema Magazine Jun 2021 20min Permalink
Three boys falsely accused of murder, and what the twenty-year saga says about all of us.
Nathaniel Rich New York Review of Books Apr 2013 20min Permalink
In the wake of a vicious murder, the state of Oregon wrestles with what went wrong in its mental health system.
Rob Fischer Rolling Stone Feb 2020 35min Permalink
Ramón González’s middle school is a model for how an empowered principal can transform a troubled school. But can he maintain that momentum when the forces of reform are now working against him?
Jonathan Mahler New York Times Magazine Apr 2011 40min Permalink
Four years ago, Dominique Jones got out of prison and learned to rap. Today he is, by many metrics, the most popular rapper in the world.
Charles Holmes Rolling Stone Jul 2020 20min Permalink
On secrets that surprise no one:
This is the paradox of public space: even if everyone knows an unpleasant fact, saying it in public changes everything.
Slavoj Žižek London Review of Books Jan 2011 10min Permalink
The unmaking of a legend.
Scott Anderson Outside Jul 1995 40min Permalink
On the moral behavior of animals.
Mark Rowlands Aeon Oct 2012 15min Permalink
On the new science of collective behavior.
Edward Luttwak is a military strategist, a classical scholar, a cattle rancher, and an adviser to presidents, prime ministers, and the Dalai Lama.
Thomas Meaney The Guardian Dec 2015 30min Permalink
How black market mining is destroying the Peruvian rain forest and enslaving child workers.
Donovan Webster Smithsonian Feb 2012 1h35min Permalink
The 72-year-old is still making movies that shock.
Marcela Valdes The New York Times Magazine Dec 2021 30min Permalink
A profile of the Atlanta star and creator, who also released a hit album in 2016 and is set to star in the next Star Wars.
Allison Samuels Wired Jan 2017 10min Permalink
Baby Olivia weighed 1 pound, 10 ounces. Her doctors faced a stressful paradox: giving her the healing power of a parent’s touch, while keeping the virus out.
Eva Holland Wired Feb 2021 15min Permalink
Chivers (men who read The Chive) are quick to emphasize that the website is about more than hot women. It’s a community of people who prioritize friendship and charity above all else—except, perhaps, having a good time. Chivers are veterans, first responders, Midwesterners. They might be Republicans, but you can’t say for sure because The Chive never talks about politics.
Zoe Schiffer The Verge Apr 2020 15min Permalink
A season with the American Football League of China.
Christopher Beam The New Republic Apr 2014 30min Permalink
The formative years of the Republican star.
Alec MacGillis New Republic Jun 2014 30min Permalink
Digging for Return of the Jedi set remnants in the desert.
Jon Mooallem Harper's Mar 2009 30min Permalink
On the career and legacy of America’s most popular wrestler.
David Shoemaker Deadspin Apr 2011 15min Permalink
The sailboat dreams of two octogenarian Brooklyn brothers.
Simone Wilson Patch Aug 2015 15min Permalink
The history of professional flatulence.
Linda Rodriguez Atlas Obscura Dec 2015 10min Permalink
Sweet Valley High and the enduring economic power of blond twins.
Amy Benfer The Believer Jan 2004 25min Permalink