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The breathable outerwear industry is at war with Bob Gore—the inventor of Gore-Tex.
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The breathable outerwear industry is at war with Bob Gore—the inventor of Gore-Tex.
Mike Kessler Outside Mar 2012 20min Permalink
“When I’ve had courage, I often lacked the healthy choices. When I’ve had healthy choices, I often lacked courage. Ending unhealthy transactional relationships and opening ourselves to radical possibilities is one way we effectively heal ourselves and others in America.”
Kiese Laymon Literary Hub Nov 2020 Permalink
On the echoes between the world leading up to World War I and our present international trajectory. Then, as globalization, nationalism, and radicalism converged, and tensions within the Balkans served as a spark. Today, conflicts in the Middle East, whose borders were mostly drawn in the wake of World War I, could play a similar role.
Margaret MacMillan Brookings Dec 2013 Permalink
A classic profile of Thelonious Monk, a look at Edward Snowden's life in Moscow and a dispatch from Ferguson — the week's top stories on Longform.
Meet Adam.
Luke Malone Matter Aug 2014 30min
“What transpired in the streets appeared to be a kind of municipal version of shock and awe.”
Jelani Cobb New Yorker Aug 2014
A profile of Thelonious Monk.
Lewis Lapham The Saturday Evening Post Apr 1964 15min
How the GOP took control of state politics in Alabama, leaving black lawmakers — and their constituents — powerless.
Jason Zengerle The New Republic Aug 2014 30min
Catching up with Edward Snowden in Moscow.
James Bamford Wired Aug 2014 10min
Apr 1964 – Aug 2014 Permalink
Forgiveness and the lives of two young men caught in Stockton street gangs.
Daniel Alarcón California Sunday Aug 2016 20min Permalink
How Brad Katsuyama, a trader at the sleepy Royal Bank of Canada, discovered that the stock market was rigged and assembled a team to change it.
Adapted from Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt.
Michael Lewis New York Times Magazine Mar 2014 45min Permalink
The mysterious death of a champion Irish setter.
Mark Seal Vanity Fair Jan 2016 15min Permalink
The man 27-year-old Victoria Donda believed to be her father shot himself after being revealed as a former member of an Argentinean death squad. Immediately after, a human rights group came to her with information on her birth parents: murdered political prisoners.
Mei-Ling Hopgood Marie Claire Jun 2011 Permalink
There was no doubt: Jeremy Gross had brutally murdered a convenience store clerk. All that was left to decide was his punishment. Death or life without parole? The story of a capital murder trial, as seen from the jury box.
Alex Kotlowitz New York Times Magazine Jul 2003 35min Permalink
A profile of the author at 84.
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah New York Times Magazine Apr 2015 30min Permalink
The high-tech real estate startup boasts SoftBank backing, a $1.6 billion war chest, and plenty of skeptics. Now it’s cashing in on the pandemic real estate boom.
Patrick Sisson Marker Dec 2020 20min Permalink
A profile of Eliot Higgins, whose blog, Brown Moses, has become required reading at intelligence agencies, human rights organizations, and news outlets around the world.
Bianca Bosker Huffington Post Nov 2013 20min Permalink
How a 20-something made millions as an e-commerce hustler.
Taylor Clark The Atlantic Jan 2014 35min Permalink
How the heir to the Hart wrestling dynasty burned every bridge from Canada to Mexico.
Omar Mouallem Rolling Stone Mar 2016 15min Permalink
A conversation with the anonymous novelist.
Elena Ferrante, Sandro Ferri, Sandra Ferri The Paris Review May 2015 30min Permalink
A world-renowned physicist’s miscalculation.
Maxine Swann New York Times Magazine Mar 2013 25min Permalink
The on and offline search for the prime suspect in last month’s celebrity nude photo hacking scandal.
Charlie Warzel Buzzfeed Oct 2014 15min Permalink
Only after buying a new home did the Milliken family learn something terrible had happened in it.
Will Hunt, Matt Wolfe The Atavist Aug 2015 40min Permalink
The men who say they’ll try to save the once-bustling gambling resort town.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Aug 2015 40min Permalink
A 30-year-old funeral director in LA wants to help the living get closer to death.
Rebecca Mead New Yorker Nov 2015 25min Permalink
How a family man dentist got involved in an underage prostitution ring.
Bryan Smith Chicago Magazine Oct 2006 Permalink
It’s a club “filled exclusively with people who do not want to be members.”
Rick Paulas The Awl May 2012 15min Permalink
On the Boston mobster’s exes.
T.J. English The Daily Beast Jun 2012 20min Permalink
A classified Guantánamo Bay interrogation log reveals the techniques used on Mohammed al-Qahtani, the so-called 20th 9/11 hijacker.
Nineteenth century Muslim-Christian hero Abd el-Kader, the “Algerian George Washington.”
Rany Jazayerli Rany on the Royals Jul 2010 25min Permalink