The Spectacle of Crime: On Detectives, Mysteries, and Dead Girls
A reading list about fictional detectives and the authors who mastermind their literary crime-solving, as well as real-life detectives searching for the truth.
Why a Control State Liquor Store Might Be Your Best Bet for Finding Rare and Interesting Spirits
To many liquor aficionados, living in a what’s called an “alcohol beverage control” state like Oregon, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire versus a privatized state means a bureaucratic stranglehold that limits access and options, but as one reporter shows, in some cases, government control benefits those seeking usual or high-end spirits. And no, he isn’t drunk.
The Ongoing Joke About Women And Money Isn’t Funny Anymore
An essay on money, power, marriage and gender stereotypes, and when enough is enough already.
What It’s Like to Be a Black Cop in Baltimore
“I don’t wanna do this shit no more.” An unfiltered account from one of America’s most troubled police departments.
The Country Restaurant
The greatest chef you’ve never heard of harvests most of his own ingredients, cooks with everything from acorns to pine needles to hickory sap, and is booked 10 years in advance. That is, if you believe him.
Gender Studies
[Fiction] While traveling to a conference, a recently dumped gender studies professor views herself in the reflection of her airport shuttle driver.
Like. Ghost. Flirt: A Journey into the Social Media Lives of Teens
A fascinating deep-dive into the phones, minds and hearts of five of the most mysterious creatures on this planet: teens.
An MIT Scientist Claims That This Pill Is the Fountain of Youth
Seemingly everyone wants to extend their lifespan, but it takes a bold, entrepreneurial scientist to sell you a pill that supposedly can do that for you. He’s staked his career on it.
How Guilty Should I Feel?
As Gawker retires, one of its deputy editors explores her time there, and the complex feelings she has over earning a living in journalism, a job that comes with consequences and can, she says, “sometimes feel a whole lot like tattling.” It’s fascinating.
Inside Facebook’s (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine
John Herrman meets the social media marketers whose political memes are taking over Facebook.
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