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Is Anybody Home at HUD?
A long-harbored conservative dream — the “dismantling of the administrative state” — is taking place under Secretary Carson.
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How Mic.com exploited social justice for clicks, and then abandoned a staff that believed in it.
How Mic.com exploited social justice for clicks, and then abandoned a staff that believed in it.
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My Life at a Russian Propaganda Network
I thought they’d let me be a real journalist at Sputnik news. I was wrong.
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This Big Beef Exposes The Ugly Underbelly of Vegan Vlogging
The Vegan Cheetah revels in being a bully. Now, one of his targets is taking him to court.
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Is Anybody Home at HUD?
A long-harbored conservative dream — the “dismantling of the administrative state” — is taking place under Secretary Ben Carson.
Critical Failure
What happened to film critic Armond White?
The Secret Lives of Tumblr Teens
Inside a world where a user named Pizza can amass millions of followers, transform internet humor, get caught peddling diet pills in get-rich-quick schemes, and have her blog shut down—all before graduating high school.
The Fallout From Sportswriting's Filthiest Fuck-Up
Twenty years later, looking back at an infamous paragraph.
Down the Breitbart Hole
How dangerous is the media company that Steve Bannon called “the platform for the alt-right”?
How SB Nation Profits Off an Army of Exploited Workers
The underbelly of Vox Media’s success.
Zoë and the Trolls
Video-game designer Zoë Quinn in the aftermath of Gamergate, an act of web harassment with world-altering implications.
What Goes Up
How a daredevil helicopter pilot helped birth modern news.
Journalism Under Putin
“The murder of Anna Politkovskaya was at once unbelievable and utterly expected.”
Will I Get A Ticket?
A conversation with Lucinda Chambers shortly after she was fired from British Vogue, where she had been fashion editor for the last 25 years.
Is the Staggeringly Profitable Business of Scientific Publishing Bad for Science?
Inside the economics of scientific publishing, an industry that’s somehow nearly as profitable as film and has changed the course of science in the process.
The Not-So-Bitter Rivalry of Dean Baquet and Marty Baron
They’re friends who once vied for the same jobs. Now, as editors of The New York Times and The Washington Post, they’re locked in a daily battle for Trump scoops.
Covering the Cops
A profile of Edna Buchanan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning crime reporter for the Miami Herald during its heyday.
A Whimsical Wordsmith Charts a Course Beyond Twitter
Jonny Sun created a beloved, mega-popular alien character on Twitter. Now he’s trying to figure out everything else.
Welcome to Poppy's World
Her creepy, surreal YouTube videos have millions of views, but no one knows Poppy’s full story.
How The Jordan Rules Created the Era of NBA Gossip
Remembering the book that changed the way journalists covered the NBA.
East Side Story
Blazers and bloodbath near the 6 train.
Wanna Know What Donald Trump Is Really Thinking? Read Maggie Haberman
A profile of the New York Times White House correspondent.
Meet Matt Boyle, Breitbart’s (Other) Man in the White House
A profile of Steve Bannon’s 29-year-old protégé, the Washington bureau chief at Breitbart, who according to a former editor “has two modes: murder and blowjob.”
Pet Project
Can a college sophomore turn WeRateDogs into a puppers empire?
Keith Olbermann Was Once Cable News’s Liberal Standard-Bearer. Now He’s Missing Its Boom Times.
The fall of a famous anchor.
Alex Jones Will Never Stop Being Alex Jones
After decades at the fringe, conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones helped usher a president into office. Now, the only person standing in Jones’ way is Jones.
Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die
Bill Conradt, a well-known prosecutor, never arrived at the house in Murphy, Texas, where police and a crew from NBC’s To Catch a Predator were waiting. So the crew, along with a SWAT team, went to Conradt.
ESPN Has Seen the Future of TV and They’re Not Really Into It
In the era of cord-cutting and mobile viewing, ESPN is at the crossroads.
24 Hours... With Adam Schefter
A day with ESPN’s NFL scoopmaster.
