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On L.A.’s Homeboy Industries, which offers former felons—including at least one disgraced CEO—the chance to work.
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On L.A.’s Homeboy Industries, which offers former felons—including at least one disgraced CEO—the chance to work.
Douglas McGray Fast Company Apr 2012 20min Permalink
Margaret Profet, evolutionary biologist and MacArthur grant recipient, disappeared in 2005. She has neither been seen nor heard from since.
Mike Martin Psychology Today May 2012 Permalink
What would drive a man to stand outside the Vatican embassy nearly every day for 14 years?
Ariel Sabar Washingtonian Jul 2012 40min Permalink
An interview with the novelist.
Haruki Murakami, John Wray The Paris Review Jun 2004 35min Permalink
INTERVIEWER: You once said the novel is dead. VIDAL: That was a joke.
Gerald Clarke, Gore Vidal The Paris Review Sep 1976 40min Permalink
What is the sickness that leads inhabitants to sleep for days?
Sarah A. Topol Buzzfeed Jul 2015 35min Permalink
Personalized medicine may one day deliver routine medical miracles. But it wasn’t ready in time for Stephanie Lee.
Afghans have long visited falbin to have their futures foretold. Fundamentalist Muslim clerics hope to stop that.
May Jeong The Guardian Sep 2015 20min Permalink
Michael Phelps returns to his Olympic training after a 45-day stint at The Meadows.
Tim Layden Sports Illustrated Nov 2015 25min Permalink
The magician who spent his life debunking spiritualists and exposing con men.
Adam Higginbotham New York Times Magazine Nov 2014 25min Permalink
A refugee survives the Rwandan genocide and finds a future in Atlanta.
Paige Williams Atlanta Magazine Oct 2007 40min Permalink
A trip to Nashville to interview the writer Ann Patchett.
How a celebrated American artist was forced to trade his multimillion-dollar collection for a job selling donuts.
Michael Paul Mason The Believer Nov 2009 15min Permalink
If you walk into New York’s best restaurants without a reservation, what does it take to get a table?
Bruce Feiler Gourmet Oct 2000 10min Permalink
It makes as much money as Whole Foods while stocking 90 percent fewer products. The Trader Joe’s business model explained.
Beth Kowitt Fortune Aug 2010 Permalink
How a 27-year-old went from PR underling to gatekeeper.
Olivia Nuzzi GQ Jun 2016 15min Permalink
Few Americans are as affected by climate change as Alaska’s Inupiat, or as dependent on the fossil-fuel economy.
Tom Kizzia New Yorker Sep 2016 25min Permalink
A reporter learns to slice lox—and digs into a Los Angeles landmark’s millions in debt.
Jesse Katz Los Angeles Magazine Sep 2016 25min Permalink
How Warren Hinckle and Ramparts magazine helped revive muckraking journalism and launch the New Left.
Peter Collier The New Criterion Oct 2016 Permalink
When his father was murdered, Wasil Ahmad vowed revenge. He was 8 years old.
Joshua Hammer GQ Dec 2016 20min Permalink
When a creature mysteriously turns up dead in Alaska, veterinary pathologist Kathy Burek gets the call.
Christopher Solomon Outside Jan 2017 25min Permalink
How a brewery became more famous for what’s on its bottle than what’s in it.
Amanda Whiting Washingtonian Jan 2017 15min Permalink
Among other things, crows can recognize human faces—and train each other to avoid people they don’t like.
James Ross Gardner Seattle Met May 2017 15min Permalink
A local environmental activist fights to prepare her community for life beyond mining.
Eliza Griswold New Yorker Jun 2017 30min Permalink
Taking a stand for public land turns out to be very good for sales.
Abe Streep Outside Jul 2017 20min Permalink