The Trials of White Boy Rick
Was one of Detroit’s most notorious criminals also one of the FBI’s most valuable informants?
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The Strange Life and Mysterious Death of a Virtuoso Coder
Jerold Haas was on the brink of blockchain riches. Then his body was found in the woods of southern Ohio.
The Exile of Oakland A's Bruce Maxwell and the Birth of MLB's Black Player Movement
One man’s choice to stand alone. The story of race, politics, and power in baseball.
The Soul of a Man
On the mysterious life story of blues icon Blind Willie Johnson and a half-century of attempts to fill in the blanks.
Out of the Past
The revival of a landmark 1921 musical opens a door on the deep and twisted roots of black performance in America.
The Challenge of Chronic Lyme
On the difficulty of diagnosing chronic lyme disease and the persistent struggle to do no harm.
Letters of Resignation from the American Dream
A discussion of the “limited but important” power of Occupy Wall Street’s open blog, “We Are the 99%.”
The Shame of College Sports
The case for paying college athletes.
The Inside Story of Facebook’s Biggest Setback
The social network positioned its plan to bring the internet to millions of Indians as a gift. The country saw a catch.
The Elvis Impersonator, the Karate Instructor, a Fridge Full of Severed Heads, and the Plot 2 Kill the President
The story of a rivalry gone awry.
When SimCity Got Serious: The Story of Maxis Business Simulations
After the massive success of SimCity, the company behind the game began building private simulations for corporations.
In Mississippi, the Mysterious Murder of a Gay, Black Politician
It’s tempting to think Marco McMillian was killed because of his race, his sexuality, or because he was running for mayor. The truth is more elusive.
The Collateral Damage of a Teenager
What adolescence does to adolescents is nowhere near as brutal as what it does to their parents.
An excerpt from All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood.
Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch
“That learning to cook could lead an American woman to success of any kind would have seemed utterly implausible in 1949; that it is so thoroughly plausible 60 years later owes everything to Julia Child’s legacy.”
Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria
“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”
The Beleaguered Tenants of ‘Kushnerville’
Baltimore-area renters complain about a property owner they say is neglectful and litigious. Few know their landlord is the president’s son-in-law.
The Best Years of Our Lives
Memories of “Hollywood’s most grinding bore,” Ronald Reagan.
The Myth of Chinese Super Schools
What the Chinese education system can teach America about relying on test scores as the main metric of success.
Should Reddit Be Blamed for the Spreading of a Smear?
The misidentification of a Boston Marathon bomber and the future of breaking news.
The Case of the Mormon Historian
Michael Quinn took on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – and lost.
Uncovering The Secret History Of Myers-Briggs
The frustrated – and well-hidden – story of Isabel Myers Briggs, inventor of the famous personality test.
The Rise and Fall of Haitian Drug Lord Jacques Ketant
The difficulty of catching a “cocaine trafficker with his hands on the country’s levers of power.”
“Fixer Upper” Is Over, But Waco’s Transformation Is Just Beginning
How HGTV changed a city.
Moby-Duck: Or, the synthetic wilderness of childhood
In 1992, a Chinese freighter tipped violently in a storm dumping a load of plastic floatee toys—7,200 red beavers, 7,200 green frogs, 7,200 blue turtles, and 7,200 yellow ducks—to the open sea. This is their story.
The False Promise of DNA Testing
Once viewed as a forensic “silver bullet,” DNA evidence is coming under fire.
