The Death and Life of Atlantic City
The men who say they’ll try to save the once-bustling gambling resort town.
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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
Edward Luttwak is a military strategist, a classical scholar, a cattle rancher, and an adviser to presidents, prime ministers, and the Dalai Lama.
Thomas Meaney The Guardian Dec 2015 30min Permalink
How a family man dentist got involved in an underage prostitution ring.
Bryan Smith Chicago Magazine Oct 2006 Permalink
How black market mining is destroying the Peruvian rain forest and enslaving child workers.
Donovan Webster Smithsonian Feb 2012 1h35min 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
It’s less about robots and the gig economy and more about companies stripping away the security full-time work has long afforded.
Danny Vinik Politico Jan 2018 20min Permalink
After the Christchurch mosque shootings, New Zealand was stunned to silence. But only momentarily.
Sean Flynn GQ Oct 2019 30min Permalink
As the Senate takes up his impeachment trial, white Christian evangelicals remain firmly in the president’s corner.
Sarah Posner Huffington Post Dec 2019 Permalink
How much can athletes really make in niche sports? A whole lot more than you might think.
David Gardner The Ringer Jun 2021 25min Permalink
The 72-year-old is still making movies that shock.
Marcela Valdes The New York Times Magazine Dec 2021 30min Permalink
Tensions eat away at a relationship between a musician and his girlfriend.
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Katie Brittain Vol 1. Brooklyn May 2014 Permalink
For nearly a decade, Laura Albert lived a double life as troubled teen turned cult writer J.T. Leroy, writing books, chatting constantly with celebrities, and convincing another woman to appear as J.T. Leroy in public.
Nancy Rommelmann LA Weekly Feb 2008 35min Permalink
Twelve years ago, a Saudi Arabian man, whom federal authorities had long suspected of having ties to terrorism, was sentenced to life in prison on multiple counts of unlawful sexual contact. To this day, al-Turki has maintained that he’s innocent and was instead the target of post-9/11 anti-Muslim sentiment.
Chris Outcalt 5280 Aug 2018 25min Permalink
Thomas Pogge is a Yale professor and one of the world’s most prominent ethicists. He also stands accused of sexually harassing his female students.
Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed May 2016 20min Permalink
The Pope’s vision for addressing climate change.
Bill McKibben New York Review of Books Aug 2015 15min Permalink
“We still have retrograde ideas about how pregnant women should feel, and we need to revise them — not only for depressed women but for all women.”
Andrew Solomon New York Times Magazine May 2015 25min 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
For years, it was the largest portal for sex on the internet. Now its fate could shape the future of Silicon Valley.
Christine Biederman Wired Jun 2019 25min 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
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Forgiveness and the lives of two young men caught in Stockton street gangs.
Daniel Alarcón California Sunday Aug 2016 20min Permalink
A profile of the Atlanta star and creator, who also released a hit album in 2016 and is set to star in the next Star Wars.
Allison Samuels Wired Jan 2017 10min Permalink