Voltaire’s Luck
How the French philosopher earned the means to publish freely by winning the lottery—repeatedly.
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How the French philosopher earned the means to publish freely by winning the lottery—repeatedly.
Roger Pearson Lapham's Quarterly Jul 2016 15min Permalink
The corruption investigation that has shaken South Africa, the world’s most unequal country.
Mark Gevisser The Guardian Jul 2019 25min Permalink
A two-part breakdown of how mental illness is diagnosed and treated.
Marcia Angell New York Review of Books Jul 2011 35min Permalink
Inside Friends of Abe, one of Hollywood’s most influential (and most discreet) political organizations.
Andy Kroll California Sunday May 2016 15min Permalink
Mardi Fuller grew up in a world of swimming lessons and swim teams because of a mysterious death that haunted her family’s past.
Mardi Fuller Outside Dec 2021 30min Permalink
A profile of Hugo Chávez.
Jon Lee Anderson New Yorker Jun 2008 35min Permalink
A profile of photographer Ryan McGinley.
Alice Gregory GQ Apr 2014 20min Permalink
A profile of George McGovern.
Michael Leahy Washington Post Feb 2005 Permalink
A history of humanitarian intervention.
A profile of novelist Jennifer Weiner.
Rebecca Mead New Yorker Jan 2014 25min Permalink
A profile of Pamela Anderson.
Jessica Pressler Elle Mar 2014 20min Permalink
A profile of Ron Paul.
Kelefa Sanneh New Yorker Feb 2012 20min Permalink
A profile of author Maggie Nelson.
Hilton Als New Yorker Apr 2016 15min Permalink
How Post Malone became pop’s king of heartbreak.
Kelefa Sanneh GQ Mar 2020 30min Permalink
On Glenn Gould.
A writer befriends a street addict in the Bronx—and then takes her back to her mother in Oklahoma.
Beauty turns herself in on outstanding prostitution charges, and ends up back at Rikers.
Chris Arnade The Guardian Feb–Apr 2015 25min Permalink
Dave Wilsey was among the American soldiers who liberated Dachau. The letters he left behind complicate the story.
Steve Friess The New Republic May 2015 15min Permalink
One mysterious death, then another, and another — all in the same house. The first two written off as a tragic coincidence, until the third shattered doubts.
Amy Dempsey The Toronto Star Apr 2018 35min Permalink
A mayday call in the critical moments after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform.
Douglas A. Blackmon The Wall Street Journal May 2010 10min Permalink
Living the Amway life.
Matt Roth The Baffler Sep 1997 45min Permalink
The humans behind the algorithm.
Will Oremus Slate Jan 2015 25min Permalink
Save the honeybee, sterilize the earth.
Josh Dzieza Pacific Standard Jan 2015 25min Permalink
The secretive financial behemoth that is the American Catholic Church.
The Economist Aug 2012 15min Permalink
In which the author’s wife attempts to break the world record in Tetris.
Billy Baker The Boston Globe Aug 2007 25min Permalink
The wrong way to fight the opioid crisis.
Paige Williams New Yorker Feb 2020 30min Permalink