After the Crash
The case against Boeing.
The case against Boeing.
Alec MacGillis New Yorker Nov 2019 25min Permalink
How he made big and early bets on new technologies—and won.
Michal Lev-Ram Fortune Jan 2015 20min Permalink
When a marketing team found themselves burning out, they shifted their business focus to doing something about it. But if capitalism caused this problem, can capitalism fix it?
Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Oct 2019 30min Permalink
Hundreds of pages of documents obtained by Motherboard show how Facebook is using the Menlo Park Police Department to reshape the city.
Sarah Emerson Vice Oct 2019 20min Permalink
Customer feedback on the New York City coke dealing industry.
Elizabeth Spiers Gawker Jan 2003 10min Permalink
On tourism and authenticity.
Kyle Chayka Vox Oct 2019 30min Permalink
From the beginning, Intuit recognized that its success depended on two parallel missions: stoking innovation in Silicon Valley while stifling it in Washington. Indeed, employees ruefully joke that the company’s motto should actually be “compromise without integrity.”
Justin Elliott, Paul Kiel ProPublica Oct 2019 30min Permalink
Inside an international Mormon ticket reselling ring.
Travis Pilling SB Nation, Epic Oct 2019 40min Permalink
The largest crowdfunding site in the world puts up a mirror to who we are and what matters most to us. Try not to look away.
Rachel Monroe The Atlantic Oct 2019 30min Permalink
Politicians want to rein in the retail giant. But Jeff Bezos, the master of cutthroat capitalism, is ready to fight back.
Charles Duhigg New Yorker Oct 2019 50min Permalink
Elizabeth Pierce impressed investors with hefty contracts for fiber—until they learned she was the only one who’d signed them.
Austin Carr Bloomberg Businessweek Oct 2019 15min Permalink
From pecan pralines to ‘dots.’
Richard Davies The Guardian Aug 2019 Permalink
Most tycoons give big to one or two universities as their children approach college age. David Shaw gave to seven.
Ava Kofman, Daniel Golden ProPublica Sep 2019 20min Permalink
The economic reality behind a billion-dollar wellness craze.
Tess McClure The Guardian Sep 2019 20min Permalink
“I found it both freeing and disturbing to spend time on a platform that didn’t ask me to pretend that I was on the Internet for a good reason.”
Jia Tolentino New Yorker Sep 2019 Permalink
Malfunctions caused two deadly crashes. But an industry that puts unprepared pilots in the cockpit is just as guilty.
William Langewiesche New York Times Magazine Sep 2019 55min Permalink
Elite schools say they’re looking for academic excellence and diversity. But their thirst for tuition revenue means that wealth trumps all.
Paul Tough New York Times Magazine Sep 2019 Permalink
It’s the epicenter of the tech industry and the wealthiest, most progressive state in the union, but homelessness is surging — and no one can agree on how to fix it.
Tessa Stuart Rolling Stone Sep 2019 20min Permalink
How Amazon’s gigantic, decentralized, next-day delivery network brought chaos, exploitation, and danger to communities across America.
Caroline O'Donovan, Ken Bensinger Buzzfeed Aug 2019 35min Permalink
In 2008, a federally owned power plant spewed coal sludge over 300 acres in Tennessee. Now, 40 people who helped clean up the mess are dead and 300 ill.
J.R. Sullivan Men's Journal Aug 2019 35min Permalink
“Neil Young is crankier than a hermit being stung by bees. He hates Spotify. He hates Facebook. He hates Apple. He hates Steve Jobs. He hates what digital technology is doing to music.”
David Samuels New York Times Magazine Aug 2019 30min Permalink
Patrick Bryne’s tenure at Overstock.com was already on the rocks, due to an all in bet on blockchain technology, before he admitted that he had an affair with the Russian operative Maria Butina.
Lauren Debter Forbes Aug 2019 Permalink
Can a college sophomore turn WeRateDogs into a puppers empire?
Megan Greenwell Esquire May 2017 20min Permalink
National developers are behind the proliferation of luxury apartments near college campuses, and they’re driving low-income students farther away.
Ali Breland Bloomberg Businessweek Aug 2019 10min Permalink
The inside story of a Texas gun-smuggling ring.
Seth Harp Rolling Stone Aug 2019 Permalink