Under Cover of Darkness, Female Janitors Face Rape and Assault
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An investigation.
Bernice Yeung Reveal Jun 2015 25min Permalink
What it’s like to drive tourists around the Australian outback.
Robert Skinner The Monthly Jun 2015 15min Permalink
On the quarterback everyone loves to hate.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner ESPN Dec 2015 20min Permalink
Meet Ladar Levison, Edward Snowden’s email provider.
Tim Rogers D Magazine Nov 2013 20min Permalink
A jeweler from Queens tries to crack the code.
Oliver Burkeman The Guardian Oct 2013 15min Permalink
Fast-food workers, the minimum wage, and a future served by robot labor.
Thomas Frank Harper's Nov 2013 15min Permalink
How “Do What You Love” devalues actual work.
Miya Tokumitsu Jacobin Jan 2014 10min Permalink
The Russian president has crushed all dissent, but he’s more vulnerable than ever.
Julia Ioffe New Republic Feb 2014 35min Permalink
On goalies, and in particular, really good Finnish ones.
Chris Koentges The Atlantic Feb 2014 30min Permalink
What happened before a woman killed two cyclists.
Sarah Schweitzer Boston Globe Feb 2014 15min Permalink
An undercover cop targets an autistic teen as a drug dealer.
Sabrina Rubin Erdely Rolling Stone Feb 2014 25min Permalink
Revisiting the street corner where Franz Ferdinand was shot.
Simon Kuper Financial Times Mar 2014 15min Permalink
On Johnny Carson, a cold man in a hot seat.
Kenneth Tynan New Yorker Feb 1978 1h30min Permalink
A cautionary inquiry into the unchecked hive mind.
Jaron Lanier EDGE May 2006 30min Permalink
The case against agriculture.
Jared Diamond Discover May 1987 Permalink
Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook vs. Amazon.
Farhad Manjoo Fast Company Oct 2011 30min Permalink
A pre-recession essay on becoming extremely wealthy.
Pamela Haag The American Scholar Jun 2006 15min Permalink
How the game gets made.
Tom Bissell Grantland Jan 2012 30min Permalink
“Strong-arm methods, including murder, are common in the illicit narcotics traffic. After a major international narcotics ring was broken up last year, two of the- twenty-four defendants were murdered before completion of the trial. One was shot down in the Bronx; the burned body of the other was found near Rochester, New York. The business executive, factory worker, and housewife never encounter the seamy side, but this is what their bets are financing. Again I ask, Is this really the way the American people want it to be?”
Robert F. Kennedy The Atlantic Apr 1962 10min Permalink
“Good espresso depends on the fourM’s: Macchina, the espresso machine; Macinazione, the proper grinding of a beans; Miscela, the coffee blend and the roast, and Mano is the skilled hand of the barista, because even with the finest beans and the most advanced equipment, the shot depends on the touch and style of the barista.”
Jimmy Stamp Smithsonian Jul 2012 Permalink
Why people play violent video games.
Tom Bissell Grantland Jul 2012 15min Permalink
A chess prodigy vanishes.
Sarah Weinman The New York Observer Jul 2012 Permalink
What our private codes say about us.
Ian Urbina New York Times Magazine Nov 2014 20min Permalink
How a young entrepreneur built a media empire by repackaging memes.
Andrew Marantz New Yorker Dec 2014 20min Permalink
How does a company that sells youth learn to grow up?
Susan Berfield, Lindsey Rupp Bloomberg Businessweek Jan 2015 15min Permalink