Dropping in on the Demented Utopia of the Gathering of the Juggalos
A reporter recounts her weekend as an undercover Juggalette.
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The Prisoners of Guantánamo
The life history of an unassuming Sudanese man, Noor Uthman Muhammed, who has spent the last nine years in Guantánamo Bay prison.
Tinder and the Dawn of the “Dating Apocalypse”
On the front lines of a dating culture dominated by right and left swipes.
The Unlikely True International Story of the Man Called Orange Brother
The ups and downs of being an accidental viral sensation.
Muscle Beach and the Dawn of Huge
On a young Arnold Schwarzenegger and the body-building culture of Venice Beach in the 1970s.
The Long Fall of One-Eleven Heavy
On the 1998 crash of Swissair Fight 111 into the sea off a small Nova Scotia fishing village.
The Unbelievable Story of Threatin: Heavy Metal's Fyre Festival Moment
After faking his entire career and becoming a viral sensation, the heavy metal singer shares his side of the story.
The Dwarves of Auschwitz
How the Ovitzs, a family of Jewish dwarves from Transylvania, survived Auschwitz.
The Edward Snowdens of 1971
In March 1971, John and Bonnie Raines broke into an FBI office, stealing documents that revealed that the government was spying on its own citizens. Today, they’re hailed as heroes. Is this what the future holds for Edward Snowden?
The Joys of Being an Absolute Beginner—For Life
The phrase ‘adult beginner’ can sound patronising. It implies you are learning something you should have mastered as a child. But learning is not just for the young.
Behind the Scenes of the Fifty Shades of Grey Movie
In spite of the boiling-hot anticipation of its release, no one had much fun making this movie.
The Children of ISIS
Three siblings from Chicago ran away to become jihadis. Is it fair to try them as terrorists?
The Post-Campaign Campaign of Donald Trump
He has been president for more than a year—so why is he still holding rallies?
I Drove Myself Nuts Trying to Unravel the Mystery of Seemingly Unparented 9-Year-Old Instagram Shit-Talker Lil Tay
Who is this person?
"Cut Back To A Wide Shot. Open The Skull": The Faces Of Death Guy Looks Back
A profile of John Alan Schwartz, creator of one of the most notorious movies ever made.
The Genius of Buster
A profile of silent film comedian Buster Keaton:
The story of his life seems in its twists and dives borrowed from his movies, survival demanding a pure lack of sentiment.
Elif Batuman is a novelist and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her latest article is “Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry.”
“I hear novelists say things sometimes like the character does something they don’t expect. It’s like talking to people who have done ayahuasca or belong to some cult. That’s how I felt about it until extremely recently. All of these people have drunk some kind of Kool Aid where they’re like, ‘I’m in this trippy zone where characters are doing things.’ And I would think to myself, if they were men—Wow, this person has devised this really ingenious way to avoid self-knowledge. If they were women, I would think—Wow, this woman has found an ingenious way to become complicit in her own bullying and silencing. It’s only kind of recently—and with a lot of therapy actually—that I’ve come to see that there is a mode of fiction that I can imagine participating in where, once I’ve freed myself of a certain amount of stuff I feel like I have to write about, which has gotten quite large by this point, it would be fun to make things up and play around.”
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The Blood of the Crab
Horseshoe crab blood is an irreplaceable medical marvel. Which means it’s incredibly valuable. Which means biomedical companies are bleeding 500,000 crabs a year. Nobody knows quite what that means for the crabs.
Into the Mystical and Inexplicable World of Dowsing
For centuries, dowsers have claimed the ability to find groundwater, precious metals, and other quarry using divining rods and an uncanny intuition. Is it the real deal or woo-woo?
The Secret History of Guns
On America’s relationship with the right to bear arms, from the Founding Fathers to the Black Panthers and the Ku Klux Klan.
The Real Education of Little Tree
The story of Asa Earl Carter, aka Forrest Carter, the best-selling author of The Education of Little Tree, an autobiographical novel about “communion with nature and love of one’s fellow man.” He was also a Klansman, penning the famous George Wallace line, “Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!”
The Mental Life of Plants and Worms, Among Others
Do jellyfish have minds?
The Adventures of Super Boy
An early profile of Justin Beiber.
The Percentages: A Biography of Class
A personal history of class in America.
A Brief History of the Corporation: 1600 to 2100
A story of boom and bust.
