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The first interview with a key witness in Trump’s impeachment trial.
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The first interview with a key witness in Trump’s impeachment trial.
Jeffrey Goldberg The Atlantic Sep 2020 Permalink
The Western student of international politics knows to nod approvingly when Lee’s name is mentioned. Frustrated by the sludge of partisan politics in his own country, he sees in Lee’s legacy a kind of exotic escape. If asked, he remarks sagely: Singapore is proof of what enlightened authoritarianism can achieve.
Haonan Li, Victor Yaw Palladium Aug 2020 15min Permalink
The venture capitalist and Facebook board member staked his reputation on a Trump presidency. Now what does he have to show for it?
Rosie Gray, Ryan Mac Buzzfeed Sep 2020 Permalink
“The conditions in America today do not much resemble those of 1968. In fact, the best analogue to the current moment is the first and most consequential such awakening—in 1868.”
Adam Serwer The Atlantic Sep 2020 30min Permalink
An interview with “one of the most influential data gurus” in electoral politics.
Eric Levitz New York Aug 2020 Permalink
A profile of the candidate 100 days from the election.
Evan Osnos New Yorker Aug 2020 40min Permalink
Inside the Trump 2020 campaign.
Olivia Nuzzi New York Aug 2020 30min Permalink
Groups protesting lockdown measures see the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext for tyranny—and as an opportunity for spreading rage.
Luke Mogelson New Yorker Aug 2020 40min Permalink
All you need is a blueprint, a polymer, a printer, and a knowledge of government regulations.
How the USPS works.
Jesse Lichtenstein Esquire Feb 2013 40min Permalink
Cesar Sayoc turned his loyalty toward Donald Trump into a literal assault on the President’s Democratic enemies in 2018.
Luke Mullins Washingtonian Aug 2020 20min Permalink
On Jared Kushner and his relationship with his father-in-law.
Franklin Foer The Atlantic Aug 2020 20min Permalink
As rural Wisconsin’s fortunes have declined, its political importance has grown.
Dan Kaufman New Yorker Aug 2020 25min Permalink
Brutality and resistance on the front lines of Hong Kong’s battle for democracy.
Lauren Hilgers The Atavist Magazine Jul 2020 35min Permalink
Activists insist that police departments must change. For half a century, New York City’s P.B.A. has successfully resisted such demands.
William Finnegan New Yorker Jul 2020 30min Permalink
How did it come to this? A virus a thousand times smaller than a dust mote has humbled and humiliated the planet’s most powerful nation. America has failed to protect its people, leaving them with illness and financial ruin. It has lost its status as a global leader. It has careened between inaction and ineptitude. The breadth and magnitude of its errors are difficult, in the moment, to truly fathom.”
Ed Yong The Atlantic Aug 2020 35min Permalink
A pilot program in Mississippi offers a glimpse of the possibilities.
Katia Savchuk Marie Claire Jul 2020 Permalink
Visas for farmworkers have surged under Trump. But the program has subjected some workers to horrific abuse.
Suzy Khimm, Daniella Silva NBC Jul 2020 20min Permalink
The privately funded effort in danger of falling down.
Jeremy Schwartz, Perla Trevizo Texas Tribune Jul 2020 30min Permalink
Young climate activists like Jamie Margolin are building a movement while growing up — planning mass protests from childhood bedrooms and during school.
Brooke Jarvis New York Times Magazine Jul 2020 20min Permalink
One of the last interviews with the congressman and civil-rights legend, who died Friday.
Zak Cheney-Rice New York Jun 2020 Permalink
Want to know why wild conspiracism can be so irresistible? Ask a 14-year-old girl.
Ellen Cushing The Atlantic May 2020 15min Permalink
The secretive titan behind one of America’s largest poultry companies, who is also one of the President’s top donors, is ruthlessly leveraging the coronavirus crisis—and his vast fortune—to strip workers of protections.
Jane Mayer New Yorker Jul 2020 25min Permalink
The gun-touting couple from St. Louis care more about private property than anyone realized.
Jeremy Kohler St. Louis Dispatch Jul 2020 15min Permalink
A profile of the rapper and activist.
Donovan X. Ramsey GQ Jul 2020 25min Permalink