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.
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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%.”
Where's _why? : The Disappearance of One of the World’s Most Beloved Computer Programmers
On the mysterious disappearance of a beloved coding legend (and his code) with stops along the way for a short history of programming languages, an ethnography of code-based communities, and an inquiry into what it means to “die young without artifact.”
The Fall of the Sleaze King
Dov Charney’s struggle to keep control of American Apparel.
The Supermarket of Struggling Artists
On the staff of a Trader Joe’s in New York City.
The Importance Of Being Francesa
On the cranky king of New York sports talk.
The Shape of History
On historian Ian Morris and his predictions for humanity’s future.
In the Violent Favelas of Brazil
Rampant rape and murder in the Brazilian slums.
The Glory of the Rails
Why we must bring trains back.
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Part 1
“The world before the railways appeared so very different from what came afterward and from what we know today because the railways did more than just facilitate travel and thereby change the way the world was seen and depicted. They transformed the very landscape itself.”
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Part 2
“It is simply not possible to envision any conceivable modern, urban-based economy shorn of its subways, its tramways, its light rail and suburban networks, its rail connections, and its intercity links.”
The Frauds of Memory, the Limits of Penitence. And Baseball.
On God, childhood, and baseball.
The Joy of Cam Newton
A profile of the Carolina Panthers quarterback, this season’s likely MVP.
The Last Days of Target Canada
The inside story of Target’s brief, disastrous expansion north.
The Real Housewives of Wall Street
The story of $220M in bailout money.
The Ride of a Lifetime
The making of Thelma & Louise.
The Secret Life of Transgender Rocker Tom Gabel
A profile of the Against Me! frontman.
The Mark of a Masterpiece
The man who keeps finding famous fingerprints on uncelebrated works of art.
The Death of a Pitcher
The story of a young man killed in Juarez.
Children of Men Might Be the Most Relevant Film of 2016
Revisiting the 2006 masterpiece.
The Silent Season of a Hero
The complicated post-retirement life of Joe DiMaggio.
The Feminist Paradox of Cathy Guisewite
A profile of “Cathy” creator Cathy Guisewite.
On Behalf of the Plutocrats
Kathy Wylde’s winding path from community organizer to “lone defender of the billionaires.”
Don DeLillo: The Art of Fiction No. 135
We have a rich literature. But sometimes it’s a literature too ready to be neutralized, to be incorporated into the ambient noise. This is why we need the writer in opposition, the novelist who writes against power, who writes against the corporation or the state or the whole apparatus of assimilation. We’re all one beat away from becoming elevator music.
The Future of Advertising
A survey on where the industry is headed. Says one agency veteran: “Marketing in the future is like sex. Only the losers will have to pay for it.”
