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Remote Control

In the summer of 1960, Sidney Gottlieb, a C.I.A. chemist, flew to Congo with a carry-on bag containing vials of poison and a hypodermic syringe. It was an era of relative subtlety among C.I.A.…
AUTHOR:Steve Coll
PUBLISHED: May 6, 2013
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2966 words)

How capitalism is turning the internet against democracy, and how to turn it back

Writing in response to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the first systematic attempt by the US government to police the internet, John Perry Barlow - former lyricist for the Grateful Dead -…
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5708 words)

Relatives of Marathon bombing suspects worried that older brother was corrupting ‘sweet’ younger sibling

This story was written by Jenna Russell, Jenn Abelson, Patricia Wen, Michael Rezendes, and David Filipov of the Globe Staff. The two young brothers from Cambridge seemed to be on promising paths, one…
PUBLISHED: April 19, 2013
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3368 words)

Poll Taxes and Paying for Public Data

Image courtesy of Brian D. Newby Would you like to contact your city council member? That will cost $5.00. Would you like to vote in the general election? That will cost you $15.00. Would you like to…
PUBLISHED: April 11, 2013
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2874 words)

The Creator

Markus Persson has the body of a politician but the features of a rock star: fixed, handsome eyes and a deep-dimpled smile that offsets his baldpate and thickening torso. Perhaps this is why, when he…
PUBLISHED: April 5, 2013
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3001 words)

On the business of literature

The following piece by Richard Nash will appear in our Spring 2013 issue, as the lead in a portfolio focused on the business of literature. ONE OF THE REMARKABLE deficits in contemporary accounts of…
LENGTH: 32 minutes (8094 words)

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

1. Routine Care, Unforgettable Bills When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March that he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his wife Stephanie knew she had to get him to…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 20, 2013
LENGTH: 96 minutes (24228 words)

The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food

On the evening of April 8, 1999, a long line of Town Cars and taxis pulled up to the Minneapolis headquarters of Pillsbury and discharged 11 men who controlled America’s largest food…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 20, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (762 words)

Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S.

This 12-story building on the outskirts of Shanghai is the headquarters of Unit 61398 of the People’s Liberation Army. China’s defense ministry has denied that it is responsible for initiating…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 18, 2013
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2942 words)
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