The Shame of College Sports
The case for paying college athletes.
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The case for paying college athletes.
Taylor Branch The Atlantic Oct 2011 1h Permalink
Educating the TikTok generation.
Barrett Swanson Harper's May 2021 40min Permalink
A profile of the reclusive billionaire who orchestrated a collectible toy craze.
Bryan Smith Chicago Magazine Apr 2014 20min Permalink
The story of Soylent, a Silicon Valley concoction designed to replace your meals.
Lizzie Widdicombe New Yorker May 2014 25min Permalink
A profile of the novelist, who is surprised to be alive.
John Jeremiah Sullivan New York Times Magazine Sep 2014 15min Permalink
Applying big data analysis to Internet Adult Film Database, the IMDB of porn.
Jon Millward jonmillward.com Feb 2013 15min Permalink
How a disgraced Civil War general became one of the best-selling novelists in American history.
John Swansburg Slate Mar 2013 45min Permalink
How the foreclosure crisis ignited a new form of activism in Chicago’s vacant homes.
Ben Austen New York Times Magazine May 2013 Permalink
A profile of the writer behind “Deep Thoughts” on Saturday Night Live.
Dan Kois New York Times Magazine Jul 2013 10min Permalink
The former editor of the New York Observer, profiled.
Nathan Heller The New Republic Sep 2012 25min Permalink
A profile of Kermit Oliver, a reclusive, critically acclaimed artist who designs scarves for Hermès and works nights at the Waco post office.
Jason Sheeler Texas Monthly Oct 2012 Permalink
The next generation of America’s most controversial (and likely most despised) church.
Dugan Arnett The Kansas City Star Nov 2011 15min Permalink
How the government cleared the streets in advance of the 1988 Olympics.
Kim Tong-Hyung, Foster Klug Associated Press Apr 2016 15min Permalink
The social network positioned its plan to bring the internet to millions of Indians as a gift. The country saw a catch.
Rahul Bhatia The Guardian May 2016 25min Permalink
A retired fighter worries that he has all the symptoms of CTE.
John Branch New York Times Jun 2016 Permalink
The legendary artist has radically upended his distinctive style of portraiture—and his entire life. Why?
Wil S. Hylton The New York Times Magazine Jul 2016 30min Permalink
Violence convulses the city of Chicago after dark. Reporting on it leaves its own scars.
Peter Nickeas Chicago Magazine Aug 2016 25min Permalink
A decade in the life of America’s wiliest coyote.
Kathy Dobie GQ Sep 2016 20min Permalink
The story of an 86-year-old Norwegian man who tired to circumnavigate the globe, solo, in an engineless sailboat he built himself.
Anders Fjellberg Dagbladet Sep 2016 30min Permalink
How a Madrid workshop is perfecting the art of copying imperiled art, from Egyptian tombs to Renaissance paintings.
Daniel Zalewski New Yorker Nov 2016 40min Permalink
After thousands of birds vanished overnight from a Florida refuge, conspiracy theories bloomed.
Brian Kevin Audobon Dec 2016 15min Permalink
The story of a rivalry gone awry.
Wells Tower GQ Oct 2013 35min Permalink
On the Netflix hit drama and its show runner, Beau Willimon.
Adam Sternbergh New York Times Magazine Jan 2014 20min Permalink
How a town of 4,000, defined by aviation catastrophe, produced three Olympic medallists.
Jeff Passan Yahoo Feb 2014 10min Permalink
A reporter recounts her weekend as an undercover Juggalette.
Emma Carmichael Deadspin Aug 2011 15min Permalink