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The Day The Mountain Fell
The reverberations of an avalanche.
Almost Human
On spear-wielding chimps who hunt for meat.
Beautiful Brains
On the minds of teenagers.
Gay Politics Goes Mainstream
For years, homosexuals have, for the most part, been politically apathetic. Rarely did a candidate stir their enthusiasm; when homosexuals did vote, many of the more affluent ones tended to go Republican. But now the gay and lesbian community appears to be united for the first time in a Presidential race behind a single candidate -- Bill Clinton. And the money is pouring into the Clinton campaign -- $2 million so far from identifiably gay sources, according to Democratic Party estimates. "The gay community is the new Jewish community," says Rahm Emanuel, the Clinton campaign's national finance director. "It's highly politicized, with fundamental health and civil rights concerns. And it contributes money. All that makes for a potent political force, indeed."
Land of Shadows
On the future of Myanmar.
The First Year
A baby’s brain needs love to develop.
The All-Stars of David
On the Israeli national baseball team.
“We Gained Hope.”
The story of Lilly Grossman’s genome.
Days of Reckoning
On Yemen’s uncertain future.
Inside the Eye: Nature’s Most Exquisite Creation
How animals see.
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee is a contributing writer for National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine. His new podcast is Chameleon: Scam Likely.
“I want a crumpled piece of paper where there are enough ridges and valleys and lines for me to be able to navigate, and they have to be authentic. And then of course the best stories among them will have surprise and intrigue, and things that are completely unexpected happen somewhere along the way. But it's hard to anticipate all of that. You still have to have a little bit of faith.”
Death at the Summit
The rise and fall of Intrade, the betting market for world events—elections, hurricanes, Academy Awards—and the death of its CEO near the top of Everest.
James Verini, a freelance writer based out of Nairobi, won the 2015 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing.
“That is probably the most alien, jarring thing about working in Africa: life is much cheaper. More to the point, death is very close to you. We're very removed from death here. Someone can die at 89 in their sleep here and it's called a tragedy. In Africa, I find that I'm often exposed to it. That's part of why I wanted to live there.”
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Gary Smith, a four-time National Magazine Award winner, retired last month after 32 years at Sports Illustrated.
"We were on the Santa Monica Freeway, Ali's driving 70 miles an hour and his eyes are drifting asleep—the medication for Parkinson's would do that to him. I'm thinking, 'Oh, crap.' We're weaving between lanes, cars are honking, and I'm wondering in the passenger seat, 'Should I grab the wheel from the greatest champ of all-time?' The writer in me wants to let it go, let the crash happen just so I get a scene for the story. But the human in me was just getting scared as hell."
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Rozina Ali is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the winner of the 2023 National Magazine Award for Reporting. Her latest article is “Raised in the West Bank, Shot in Vermont.”
“I think it’s very, very important to speak to people as people. To speak to sources—even if you have the juiciest story—to really give them the grace. I think everyone deserves it, especially people who are going through such a difficult time.”
New Old Libya
In the wake of revolution, Libyans envision their future.
Last Champions of the Third Reich
The story of the 1944 German national soccer championship game.
The White Ghetto
A report from Owsley County, Ky., the poorest county in America.
The Making of Gay Marriage’s Top Foe
A profile of Maggie Gallagher, founder of National Organization for Marriage.
There Is Only Urgency
Inside the National Quarantine Center, there Is no fear of Coronavirus.
The War for Nigeria
How sectarian violence has made life in northern Nigeria “incomprehensibly frightful.”
Body on the Moor
Why did a man travel 200 miles to die in a national park?
Last Song for Migrating Birds
On the slaughter of songbirds migrating across the Mediterranean.
Homo Naledi
The discovery of a new human ancestor, hidden in a hard-to-access cave.
