A Killing in the Hills
Looking for answers in a decades-old murder case set deep in the Missouri Ozarks.
Head Over Heels
Doree Shafrir goes inside Steve Madden’s well-heeled empire (his eponymous shoes made over $1 billion last year).
I Was a Super Bowl Concession Worker
At Slate, Gabriel Thompson describes what it’s like to be a food-service worker at Levi’s Stadium at Super Bowl 50 — and explores the low-wage, part-time workforce of Silicon Valley.
Whatever Happened to Michael Jackson’s Pet Chimp?
Michael Jackson’s former pet chimp Bubbles is living out his twilight years in a Florida nonprofit sanctuary alongside apes who have costarred with Clint Eastwood, Jim Carrey, and Kevin Smith.
The NYPD Is Kicking People Out of Their Homes, Even If They Haven’t Committed a Crime
An investigation into the aggressive use of nuisance abatement actions by the NYPD in New York City.
A Brief History of Solitary Confinement
Dickens, Tocqueville, and the U.N. all agree about this American invention: It’s torture.
Eileen Myles on the Excruciating Pain of Waiting for Love
An essay about yearning, and an affair begun at an artist colony.
Life Below the Poverty Line in Banktown, USA
A searing, nuanced portrait of a single mother living in poverty in Charlotte, N.C.
The ‘Wellness Craze’: Six Stories About Fitness
“Here are several of my favorite stories about fitness magazines, FitBit, yoga and athleisure.”
The Birth of Boko Haram
Andrew Walker traces the growth of Boko Haram, from the tattered remnants of an Islamist sect to a relentless terrorist army.
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