A New Citizen Decides to Leave the Tumult of Trump's America
On returning to Britain, which is no longer home.
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On returning to Britain, which is no longer home.
Rebecca Mead The New Yorker Aug 2018 20min Permalink
From HBO to ‘Star Wars’ to Shakespeare, he has discovered how to excel beyond tidy genres.
Carvell Wallace New York Times Magazine Aug 2018 25min Permalink
They’re floppy, relaxed, and they come when you call them. Is the Ragdoll a genetic miracle, or just one very cool cat?
Elisabeth Donnelly Topic May 2018 15min Permalink
Inside the ongoing argument over whether Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the blockchain are transforming the world.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Oct 2018 20min Permalink
Justin Alexander went searching for higher meaning. No one expected the quest to end in a search for his body.
Harley Rustad Outside Dec 2018 25min Permalink
Computer programming once had much better gender balance than it does today. What went wrong?
Clive Thompson The New York Times Magazine Feb 2019 35min Permalink
How Craig Carton, a morning host on WFAN, ended up running a Ponzi scheme.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Apr 2019 25min Permalink
Thea Hunter was a promising, brilliant scholar. And then she got trapped in academia’s permanent underclass.
Adam Harris The Atlantic Apr 2019 20min Permalink
A very Florida investigation.
Rebecca Woolington, Justin Trombly Tampa Bay Times May 2019 20min Permalink
Young immigrants who have been separated from their parents find a home at the Children’s Center.
Jessica Weisberg New Yorker May 2019 25min Permalink
Jeremy Wilson spent years crisscrossing the country and inventing new identities as a war hero, an MIT grad, a Hollywood journalist, and more.
Guy Lawson GQ Jun 2019 30min Permalink
A two-part investigation into why so many more young players are getting seriously injured.
Baxter Holmes ESPN Jul 2019 15min Permalink
Cycling through relapse and recovery, and the industry that enables both.
Colton Wooten Oct 2019 30min Permalink
“I always said that when my time came I’d want to go fast. But where’s the fun in that?”
Peter Schjeldahl New Yorker Dec 2019 40min Permalink
Like major contagions throughout history, the new coronavirus causes fear as well as illness. The remedy for both, it turns out, is the same.
Kevin Patterson The Walrus Mar 2020 20min Permalink
Antoine Yates spent three years living in New York City public housing with a 450-pound Siberian tiger named Ming.
Zaron Burnett III MEL Magazine Apr 2020 Permalink
In 1944, an eighteen year old boy became famous for throwing eggs at Frank Sinatra. Then he disappeared.
J.P. Robinson Medium May 2019 15min Permalink
Prenatal testing is changing who gets born and who doesn’t. This is just the beginning.
Sarah Zhang The Atlantic Nov 2020 35min Permalink
What’s a typical immigrant story? In his new film, “Minari,” the “Walking Dead” star has his own to tell.
Big-riggers who make sometimes less than minimum wage are locked legal fights with the unregulated leasing industry.
Alan Prendergast Westword Mar 2021 20min Permalink
Before a disastrous blight, the American chestnut was a keystone species in eastern forests. Could genetic engineering help bring it back?
Kate Morgan Sierra Magazine Mar 2021 15min Permalink
How social media stars like Addison Rae gave the cosmetics industry a makeover.
Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Times Magazine Mar 2021 30min Permalink
Inside Randall Emmett’s direct-to-video empire, where many Hollywood stars have found lucrative early retirement.
Joshua Hunt Vulture Mar 2021 25min Permalink
To understand the state’s urban-rural divide, start by looking at Yamhill County’s proposed walking trail.
Leah Sottile High Country News Jul 2021 25min Permalink
Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by cops. 65,000 strong, with only themselves to count on.
Josh Dzieza The Verge Sep 2021 25min Permalink