The I in We
How WeWork — a company based on founder Adam Neumann’s vision of a “capitalist kibbutz” — became a sleek, dystopian, mammoth-sized tech unicorn.
The Day the Music Burned
“It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew.”
How Indie Went Jam, a Recent History from My Morning Jacket to Vampire Weekend
One pop music critic looks at the ways indie bands have incorporated elements from bands like Grateful Dead and Phish, and he wonders whether jam bands’ influence can revitalize indie rock at a time when it seems to have nowhere else to go. Some listeners might argue that labels like ‘jam’ and ‘indie’ don’t really add anything to the conversation.
Smash the Wellness Industry
Jessica Knoll calls out the wellness industry as a dangerous deceit. Masquerading as a way to increase energy or reduce inflammation, the industry’s success actually preys upon women’s self-hate by “preserving a vicious fallacy: Thin is healthy and healthy is thin.”
Inside the black (cherry) market of vintage Kool-Aid packet collectors
“When you’re in the mood for Kool-Aid, you can walk into a grocery store and chose from about 20 different flavor packets all priced at about a quarter a piece. However, if you’re in the market for some quintessentially classic, high-grade, “Oh Yeah!”-era Kool-Aid, you’ll have to enter the fruit-flavored underbelly of one the most intriguing subsets in the world of pop culture food enthusiasts: the black market of vintage Kool-Aid packet collectors.”
Vacation Memories Marred by the Indelible Stain of Racism
A personal essay in which Shanna B. Tiayon recalls an interaction with a National Parks Service bus driver that cast a pall on a family trip to the Grand Canyon.
The Rise and Fall of the Bank Robbery Capital of the World
In 1992, there were 2,641 bank robberies in Los Angeles — “one every 45 minutes of each banking day.” How did L.A. become the epicenter of the heist? Thanks to the dangerous combination of cars, convenience, and cocaine.
A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for Answers
Sound is a whale’s main navigational tool. So does ocean noise pollution impair their ability to communicate, to migrate, to mate? “Answers to these questions, among others, have eluded scientists, simply because 40-ton, seemingly healthy humpback whale carcasses with very little decomposition don’t wash up on our shores very often. So when Vector did, every second counted.”
Four Nights This Ramadan, Under the Shadow of Refugee Returns in Lebanon
For fifteen years, Syranian, Lebanese, and Palestinian refugees have found sanctuary in a neighborhood called Jabal Beddawi in northern Lebanon. Journalist Laura Gottesdiener spent time there to see how refugees, despite their differences, have forged a community under duress.
Meet the Money Whisperer to the Super-Rich N.B.A. Elite
“Who’s the guy Klay Thompson and other N.B.A. stars trust to manage their wealth? One who knows how to rebound with $8,000 stuffed into his underwear.”
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