How the President Got to ‘I Do’ on Same-Sex Marriage
Barack Obama wanted to endorse gay marriage on his own timetable. Joe Biden had other plans.
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Barack Obama wanted to endorse gay marriage on his own timetable. Joe Biden had other plans.
Jo Becker New York Times Magazine Apr 2014 25min Permalink
On Singapore’s attempt to create a more harmonious society using mass surveillance and data analysis.
Shane Harris Foreign Policy Jul 2014 20min Permalink
How Cassandro, who wrestles in drag, became a star Mexican luchadore.
William Finnegan New Yorker Aug 2014 35min Permalink
An investigation into who knew what, and when.
Don Van Natta Jr., Kevin Van Valkenburg ESPN Sep 2014 30min Permalink
Trevell Coleman wasn’t sure whether he’d killed a man. But after 17 years, he needed to find out.
Jennifer Gonnerman New York Nov 2012 20min Permalink
After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely?
Maryn McKenna Medium Nov 2013 10min Permalink
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On heading home for Thanksgiving.
Chris Radant Boston Phoenix Nov 1990 15min
How science changed our holiday feast.
Alexis Madrigal Wired Nov 2008
The history of the first Thanksgiving: The Indians who first feasted with the English colonists were far more sophisticated than you were taught in school. But that wasn’t enough to save them.
Charles C. Mann Smithsonian Dec 2005 13h55min
Is there a way to keep the Black Friday crowds safe?
John Seabrook New Yorker Feb 2011 25min
A Thanksgiving lesson in forgiveness.
Michael P. Branch Orion Nov 2011 15min
When turkeys attack.
Taylor Plimpton New Yorker Nov 2012
In a St. Louis suburb, the Turkey Day high school football game is more than just an old-fashioned rivalry
Mark Bowden Sports Illustrated Dec 2002 25min
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Adventures in acedia, from Aquinas to Bartleby.
Thomas Pynchon New York Times Book Review Jun 1993 10min Permalink
Skyrocketing prices for yarchagumba, a rare fungus prized as an aphrodisiac, has led to Nepali villagers to turf wars—and possibly murder.
Eric Hansen Outside Aug 2011 20min Permalink
How a major American company helped bring Charles Taylor to power in Liberia.
T. Christian Miller, Jonathan Jones ProPublica Nov 2014 10min Permalink
Inside Roger Goodell’s troubling (or wildly successful, depending on who you ask) tenure as NFL commissioner.
Gabriel Sherman GQ Feb 2015 20min Permalink
In 1916, a down-on-its-luck traveling circus hung its star elephant.
J. V. Schroeder Blue Ridge Country Feb 2009 10min Permalink
How Madden NFL went from a programmer’s childhood dream to a $3 billion business.
Patrick Hruby ESPN Jul 2010 30min Permalink
Who was Omar Mateen?
Activists hoped President Obama would fight for stronger regulation. Eight years later, they’re still waiting.
Michael Pollan New York Times Magazine Oct 2016 25min Permalink
We know that certain programs can help prevent gun deaths among black men. No one in Washington seems to care.
Lois Beckett ProPublica Nov 2015 25min Permalink
Rob Billot spent eight years defending corporate clients in environmental cases. Then Wilbur Tennant called.
Nathaniel Rich New York Times Magazine Jan 2016 20min Permalink
How did a tenure-track professor wind up selling his plasma? A story about debt.
Josh Roiland Longreads Feb 2017 15min Permalink
Officers can lie to juries or brutally beat civilians and still keep their jobs.
Kendall Taggart, Mike Hayes Buzzfeed Mar 2018 15min Permalink
A 23-year-old living in Chile was suddenly attacked and buried alive by her roommate. She later learned she wasn’t his first – or last – victim.
Francesca Mari Texas Monthly Jun 2015 45min Permalink
How an obscure legal document turned New York’s court system into a debt-collection machine.
Zachary R. Mider, Zeke Faux Businessweek Nov 2018 20min Permalink
As Friday’s deadline approaches, a federal employee wonders: “How am I supposed to dig out?”
Eli Saslow Washington Post Feb 2019 20min Permalink
When authorities fail families, Lissa Yellowbird-Chase steps in.
Jessica Lussenhop BBC, High Country News Mar 2019 25min Permalink
On sex education and why people are still so uncomfortable talking about it.
Jessica Pressler Elle Apr 2019 10min Permalink
A confrontation with masculinity gone awry.
Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine May 2019 50min Permalink