The Sad and Beautiful World of Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous
Pitchfork looks at the life and work of the late musician Mark Linkous.
Inside the Jihadi Lifestyle Magazine Wars
How English-language magazines became a battleground for the future of radical Islam.
Get Freaking Huge
Inside the strange saga of Jason Genova, an amateur bodybuilder whose earnest YouTube workout videos have earned him an international cult following.
Who Owns Molecular Biology?
Do molecular entities have inventors, and can they be owned? Inside the patent war for DNA-editing technology.
Medical Research: The Dangers to the Human Subjects
Marcia Angell examines the history and ethics of clinical trials.
In 1972, Two U.S Representatives Boarded a Plane and Disappeared
What happened to Hale Boggs and Nick Begich? One freelance reporter has exhausted his savings and spent years of his life trying to find out.
Looking for Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles
Judith Freeman traces Raymond Chandler’s early days in Los Angeles and his introduction to Cissy Pascal, the much older, very beautiful woman who would later become his wife.
The First Person on Mars
“Evghenia Is on Mars” is a plot-rich fantasy Twitter account purportedly run by a female scientist delivering dispatches from Mars in 140-character bursts. In an unlikely but thoroughly wonderful essay, Smarsh uses Evghenia’s story as a jumping-off point to interrogate her own life, and the strange parallels in both their journeys.
Out from Under
A Detroit family fights to win their house back in the Wayne County foreclosure auction after being scammed by a sub-subprime entrepreneur.
Marwencol
In 2000, Mark Hogancamp was brutally attacked by five men at a bar, which caused him to lose nearly all his memories. He coped by building a miniature—and extraordinary—World War II town called Marwencol.
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