The Explosive, Inside Story of How John Kerry Built an Israel-Palestine Peace Plan—and Watched It Crumble
“You Palestinians can never see the fucking big picture.”
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Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, And The Rise And Fall Of Hollywood’s Happiest Couple
The antagonistic partnership that produced Sunset Boulevard.
The Empire of Edge
How a doctor and an S.A.C. trader got entangled in a financial scandal.
Life of a Salesman
Frank Firetti, a 54-year-old pool salesman in Virginia, and his fading American dream.
The Rise and Fall of 'Nails'
Baseball legend Lenny Dykstra’s on-field brilliance and private-life disasters, from drunk driving to failed investment and publishing ventures.
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The Last Ride of a Cleveland Hells Angel Informant
A Hells Angel informant’s path from destruction to redemption and back, and a family’s trouble with witness protection.
Edward Snowden, After Months of NSA Revelations, Says His Mission’s Accomplished
“Let them say what they want. It’s not about me.”
The Sordid End of David Meggett
Meggett was an All-Pro running back for the New York Giants. He was also a serial rapist.
Longform Fiction Pick of the Week: "Between Here and the Yellow Sea"
A former student and high school coach travel to California to kidnap the coach’s daughter, an adult film actress.
The Highly-Charged Erotic Life of the Wellesley Girl
On being the lone male student at a women’s college.
The Master of Spin Boldak
An undercover report on Afghanistan’s drug-smuggling border police that is now heavily used for intelligence training.
Anatomy of a Murder
In 1960, beer heir Adolph Coors III was kidnapped and murdered. A look back at the crime and the man who committed it.
Wikipedia And The Death Of The Expert
On why we need to stop questioning Wikipedia and start thinking about what comes next.
The Secret History of Guns
On America’s relationship with the right to bear arms, from the Founding Fathers to the Black Panthers and the Ku Klux Klan.
A Strange New Gene Pool of Animals Is Brewing in the Arctic
Climate change is giving rise to intermating between previously distinct species. Welcome to a world with “grolar bears.”
The Tragedy of the American Military
The United States fights wars it can’t win using soldiers it doesn’t know.
"This Nation Is More a 'Tale of Two Cities' Than It Is Just a 'Shining City on a Hill'"
The late governor’s most enduring speech.
A Thin Line of Defense Against Honor Killings
A women’s shelter in Afghanistan protects its inhabitants from their own families.
The Radical Humaneness of Norway's Halden Prison
The Scandinavians had an idea that seems wacky to Americans: make a prison safe and livable.
The Eeriness of the English Countryside
Why do all those rugged coastlines, moors and stone buildings make England seem haunted?
Confessions Of a Drug-Addicted High School Teacher
Everyone just wants to know if he’s going to the football game.
ZPM Espresso and the Rage of the Jilted Crowdfunder
What happens when a successfully funded Kickstarter product fails to launch?
From Pakistan to Afghanistan, U.S. Finds Convoy of Chaos
What happened when Pakistan shut down the vitally important Karachi to Kabul trucking line.
Climate Change and the End of Australia
How an increase in the earth’s temperature could wipe out a continent.
