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As the wilderness gets overrun, the most hated man in the Rockies finds an audience of emulators and antagonists.
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As the wilderness gets overrun, the most hated man in the Rockies finds an audience of emulators and antagonists.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Jan 2021 Permalink
Brian Kelly, The Points Guy, has created an empire dedicated to maximizing credit-card rewards and airline miles. What are they worth in a global pandemic — and why are they worth anything at all?
Jamie Lauren Keiles New York Times Magazine Jan 2021 35min Permalink
When his parents marriage imploded, the author’s mother said his father was worthless, a con man. A bad investment in their lives. But years later, a mysterious book about Wall Street showed up—a gift from his father—that began to change the story.
Joshua Ferris Wealthsimple Magazine Dec 2020 20min Permalink
A trip to Batumi, Georgia.
The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.
Rachel Handler Grub Street Dec 2020 20min Permalink
The boutique fitness phenomenon sold exclusivity with a smile, until a toxic atmosphere and a push for growth brought the whole thing down.
Alex Abad-Santos Vox Dec 2020 30min Permalink
How toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes.
Kiera Feldman Los Angeles Times Dec 2020 25min Permalink
What it was like to be a rank-and-file Sony employee after the hack.
Amanda Hess Slate Nov 2015 20min 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
Over the course of a few hours on April 20, a guy called Cuddles and eight of his pals from the freewheeling world of London’s commodities markets rode oil’s crash to a $660 million profit.
Liam Vaughan, Kit Chellel, Benjamin Bain Bloomberg Businessweek Dec 2020 20min Permalink
Uber made big promises in Kenya. Drivers say it’s ruined their lives.
Amanda Sperber NBC News Nov 2020 30min Permalink
When the business icon died in a fire last week, questions abounded. The answers seem rooted in a Covid-period spiral, where he turned to drugs and shunned old friends.
Angel Au-Yeung, David Jeans Forbes Dec 2020 Permalink
For 45 years, , Harmony Audio Video, has been my dad’s life: the reason he left home early every day, the reason he was chronically late to pick me up from school, the reason he didn’t take a single vacation for 25 years.
Francesca Mari The Atlantic Dec 2020 Permalink
Kathy Wylde’s winding path from community organizer to “lone defender of the billionaires.”
David Freedlander Curbed Nov 2020 30min Permalink
Oomba was a startup designed to make a lot of money from the games industry. Instead, everyone played each other.
Amanda Chicago Lewis The Verge Nov 2020 35min Permalink
As the country heads into a dangerous new phase of the pandemic, the government’s management of the P.P.E. crisis has left the private sector still straining to meet anticipated demand.
Doug Bock Clark New York Times Magazine Nov 2020 25min 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
At The New York Times, a reckoning.
Reeves Wiedeman New York Nov 2020 25min Permalink
Buford Highway, in suburban Atlanta, has long been a place where immigrant entrepreneurs could build businesses and get ahead. Not this year.
Matthew Shaer New York Times Magazine Nov 2020 30min Permalink
The empty promises and empty buildings of Foxconn’s Wisconsin debacle.
Josh Dzieza The Verge Oct 2020 30min Permalink
Big banks entrusted money to an armored truck company GardaWorld. It secretly lost track of millions.
Bethany Barnes Tampa Bay Times Oct 2020 25min Permalink
Trump’s trade representative joined the administration with one mission: Bring factory jobs back from overseas. The results so far? Endless trade wars, alienated allies, and a manufacturing recession.
Lydia DePillis ProPublica Oct 2020 25min Permalink
What’s the future of NYC real estate?
Andrew Rice Curbed Oct 2020 30min Permalink
A teenage clerk dialed 911. How should the brothers who own CUP Foods pay for what happened next?
Aymann Ismail Slate Oct 2020 25min Permalink
On the future of air travel.
Samanth Subramanian The Guardian Sep 2020 25min Permalink