In Hard Times, Rhode Island’s Capital Hopes New Slogan Proves Providential

Published: May 7, 2009
Length: 4 minutes (1,142 words)

The Zappos Way of Managing

How Tony Hsieh uses relentless innovation, stellar customer service, and a staff of believers to make Zappos.com an e-commerce juggernaut — and one of the most blissed-out businesses in America

Source: Inc.
Published: May 1, 2009
Length: 18 minutes (4,591 words)

Trying to Understand the Mahmudiyah Massacre

In 2006, a group of American soldiers brutally raped a young Iraqi girl and murdered her and her family. Gelf talks to some of the soldiers convicted of the crimes.

Source: Gelf Magazine
Published: May 6, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,400 words)

Housing is Local, and Lending Should Be, Too

We’re just now learning how dangerous it is that the sources of finance for homeowners and their neighborhoods have no real connection to those people and places.

Published: May 7, 2009
Length: 6 minutes (1,533 words)

The Bag Lady Papers, Part VII

Madoff victim Alexandra Penney, who lost her life savings in the ponzi scheme, on Bernie’s dirty fantasies, living the frugal life, and some post-Ponzi schadenfreude.

Source: Daily Beast
Published: May 7, 2009
Length: 5 minutes (1,277 words)

How We Tested the Big Banks

This afternoon, Treasury, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve will announce the results of an unprecedented review of the capital position of the nation’s largest banks. This will be an important step forward in President Obama’s program to help repair the financial system, restore the flow of credit and put our nation on the path to economic recovery.

Published: May 6, 2009
Length: 4 minutes (1,087 words)

New Voices

Granta.com’s New Voices series showcases original fiction from emerging writers. The latest story in this series is ‘Dragon Island’ by Laura Fellowes.

Source: Granta
Published: May 6, 2009
Length: 13 minutes (3,262 words)

Plug-In Hybrids: More Hype Than Hope?

Having racked up some 17,000 miles, the plug-in Prius hybrids are averaging just 51 mpg. That’s raising uncomfortable questions about the value and effectiveness of plug-in technology, even as President Obama pledges to have 1 million of them on the road by 2015.

Source: Wired
Published: May 6, 2009
Length: 6 minutes (1,741 words)

Nate Silver: The End of Car Culture

It’s not just erratic gas prices and a bad economy that’s hurting automakers. It may be that Americans are changing.

Source: Esquire
Published: May 6, 2009
Length: 4 minutes (1,045 words)

Anatomy of a Miracle

Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot who landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River last January, was justly celebrated for his skill and courage. Less has been revealed about other players in the drama: those enigmatic geese, the engines they struck, a pioneering French engineer, and an unsung hero—the Airbus A320 itself.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Jun 28, 2009
Length: 42 minutes (10,698 words)