The Hero Who Vanished

Sixty years ago the U.S. upset mighty England in the World Cup on a single goal by Joe Gaetjens. In most countries Gaetjens would have been idolized. But in the U.S. he was ignored, and in his native Haiti he was marked for death.

Published: Mar 8, 2010
Length: 20 minutes (5,180 words)

How Tom Hanks Became America’s Historian in Chief

Source: Time
Published: Mar 6, 2010
Length: 12 minutes (3,183 words)

Building a Better Teacher

There are more than three million teachers in the United States, and Doug Lemov is trying to prove that he can teach them to be better.

Published: Mar 2, 2010
Length: 33 minutes (8,384 words)

Out of the West

Clint Eastwood’s shifting landscape.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Mar 8, 2010
Length: 28 minutes (7,156 words)

The Chief

You think it’s so great being Rahm Emanuel?

Published: Mar 3, 2010
Length: 18 minutes (4,505 words)

The Strength of a Symbol

A pin on Coach K’s lapel serves as a symbol of a strong bond, forged through tragedy

Author: Andy Katz
Source: ESPN
Published: Mar 3, 2010
Length: 9 minutes (2,436 words)

Betting on the Blind Side

Excerpt from “The Big Short”: Michael Burry always saw the world differently—due, he believed, to the childhood loss of one eye. So when the 32-year-old investor spotted the huge bubble in the subprime-mortgage bond market, in 2004, then created a way to bet against it, he wasn’t surprised that no one understood what he was doing.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Apr 1, 2010
Length: 45 minutes (11,492 words)

The Raging Septuagenarian

Taking on the Times, Google, and, in a sense, his own children, Rupert Murdoch is not going gently into the night.

Published: Feb 28, 2010
Length: 28 minutes (7,150 words)

Third Way

The rise of 3-D.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Mar 8, 2010
Length: 25 minutes (6,250 words)

Big Trouble at 11:35

Even before CBS 48 Hours Mystery producer Joe Halderman allegedly caught David Letterman kissing his girlfriend, Late Show staffer Stephanie Birkitt, the cash-strapped veteran newsman and the multi-millionaire entertainment star were on a collision course.

Author: Mark Seal
Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Apr 1, 2010
Length: 23 minutes (5,907 words)