Jemele Hill Knows What You Really Want to Call Her By Danielle Tcholakian The host was brought on to help redefine the floundering ESPN brand. Now she’s under attack, and the channel is nowhere to be seen.
Two Ex-Googlers Want to Make A Lot of Viral Tweets By Danielle Tcholakian The internet is not pleased with start-up bros who want to “disrupt” bodegas.
The Unforgettable Edie Windsor By Danielle Tcholakian It’s said about a lot of people, but true of only a few: There was something special about Edie.
‘The Grexit Is Upon Us’: Graydon Carter Departs Vanity Fair By Danielle Tcholakian The editor is ending his quarter-century-long turn at the helm of Vanity Fair.
The NBA’s Great Positionless Shift By Matt Giles Royce White’s skillset was tailor-made for the current NBA. Why he isn’t playing in the league is a shame.
‘Vanity Fair’ Just Published Their Burn Book for Jared and Ivanka By Danielle Tcholakian They seem to disappear when bad things are happening. And bad things are always happening.
The Collected Crimes of Sheriff Joe Arpaio By Danielle Tcholakian The president chose to pardon an extremely bad man before providing aid to Texas.
Longreads Essays Editor Sari Botton’s Guide to Pitching By Sari Botton What I’m looking for, what are the best ways to pitch, and what you can expect from working with me.
Tech Companies Are (Maybe) Ready to Punch Nazis Now By Danielle Tcholakian Some tech companies are taking a stand against neo-Nazi users, but claim it’s a still dangerous decision to make.
A Look Back at the 1939 Pro-Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden and the Protesters Who Organized Against It By Matt Giles Seventy-something years ago, another massive rally took place in the United States that featured a clash between protesters and white supremacists.
Failed Promises: A ‘Bachelorette’ Reading List By Ikya Kandula This was the year ‘The Bachelorette’ tried to take on race. Things did not go well.
Overseas Elite: The Team Dominating the Single-Elimination, Winner-Take-All Basketball Tournament By Matt Giles The Basketball Tournament has its own Golden State Warriors—meet Overseas Elite, a team of ex-college and pro stars who can’t be stopped.
A Close Reading of Ryan Lizza’s Phone Call from Anthony Scaramucci By Danielle Tcholakian Oh, my god.
A Transgender-Military Reading List By Danielle Tcholakian Thousands of people in the U.S.’s all-volunteer military are transgender.
It’s A Very Muppets Controversy! By Danielle Tcholakian Steven Whitmire, who was was let go after playing Kermit for nearly three decades, has fired back at Disney.
But His Emails: The Evolving Story of Donald Trump, Jr.’s Russia Meeting By Danielle Tcholakian A close reading of this whole Don Jr.-Russia situation.
The 1972 Movie of the 1969 Musical, “1776” By Pam Mandel The scene was restored, but thanks to Richard Nixon, a song about conservatism was cut from the 1972 movie “1776.”
How Do You Introduce A Candidate Like Randy Bryce? By Danielle Tcholakian The production company Acres New York combines documentary filmmaking and political savvy.
How Do Words Get Added to the Dictionary? By Danielle Tcholakian Four times a year, lexicographers update and add words to the OED. Katherine Connor Martin helps decide what makes the cut.
Why Don’t We Work Less? By Danielle Tcholakian Is it because we don’t want to, because we can’t, or is there something else at play?
Harry Potter and the Long-Term Global Impact By Danielle Tcholakian J.K. Rowling’s first book was published 20 years ago today. Did it create better readers, or just more of them?
Why Quotas Still Don’t Work for Journalism By Danielle Tcholakian Quotas allow superiors to blame failure on subordinates and take credit for success.
Where Have All The White House Press Briefings Gone? By Danielle Tcholakian Trump’s White House is gradually eroding the tradition of daily press briefings.
In Silicon Valley, Transportation Innovation Is a Flat Circle By Danielle Tcholakian Tech wizards may say they want driverless cars or the hyperloop, but what they really, really want is a bus.
Did Media Criticism Force Megyn Kelly to Go Harder on Alex Jones? By Danielle Tcholakian Following a media firestorm, NBC’s interview with a conspiracy theorist was heavily edited. Though some commentators praised the segment, few ended up watching.
Celebrating a Second Independence Day: A Juneteenth Reading List By Danielle Tcholakian Nine stories that explain the fraught history of the holiday, and the need for celebration.
Jeff Bezos: Hero or Villain? By Danielle Tcholakian Is the man behind Amazon a benevolent benefactor or a manipulative monopolist?
Prosecutor, Interrupted: A Kamala Harris Reading List By Danielle Tcholakian Profiles of Senator Harris over the past decade show her as both smart and warm. Increasingly, they ask if she has what it takes to win.
Happy Birthday to Gemini-in-Chief, Donald Trump By Danielle Tcholakian Trump joins a short list of mercurial Gemini presidents, including John F. Kennedy and George H.W. Bush.
The ‘Smashing Things Together’ Approach to Editorial Illustration By Kjell Reigstad Art Director Kjell Reigstad’s insights on editorial illustration.