The 4 Types of Supreme Court Justices

According to legal scholar Cass Sunstein, America’s Supreme Court justices can be divided into four categories: heroes, soldiers, minimalists, and mutes.

Source: Politico
Published: Oct 4, 2015
Length: 7 minutes (1,966 words)

An Oral History of Langtang, the Valley Destroyed by the Nepal Earthquake

In Outside magazine, Anna Callaghan and Rabi Thapa compile an oral history of Langtang, the valley destroyed by the Nepal earthquake in April 2015.

Source: Outside
Published: Sep 28, 2015
Length: 21 minutes (5,292 words)

Claws Out

How accusations of racism and a struggle for control tore apart the Atlanta Hawks regime.

Source: ESPN
Published: Oct 6, 2015
Length: 22 minutes (5,522 words)

Stop Sending Me Jonathan Franzen Novels

Barrett Brown reviews books from inside a federal prison.

Source: The Intercept
Published: Oct 7, 2015
Length: 10 minutes (2,554 words)

The Politics of Poetry

The New York Times’s poetry columnist on the intersection between poetry and politics.

Author: David Orr
Source: Longreads
Published: Oct 7, 2015
Length: 18 minutes (4,527 words)

Inside Michael Jackson’s Iconic First Moonwalk Onstage

Inside the ‘Motown 25’ special that made Michael Jackson a solo superstar.

Source: Rolling Stone
Published: Oct 6, 2015
Length: 13 minutes (3,365 words)

Relearning How to Talk in the Age of Smartphone Addiction

Sherry Turkle studies how we relate to our devices, and thinks it’s high time we start talking to each other again.

Source: Longreads
Published: Oct 6, 2015
Length: 17 minutes (4,263 words)

Wabash College Is Not for Everyone

The author reflects on his experiences attending an all-male college in the early ’90s.

Published: Oct 6, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,070 words)

First, Let’s Get Rid of All the Bosses

Inside Zappos’ radical experiment to eliminate management and embrace Holacracy.

Published: Oct 5, 2015
Length: 36 minutes (9,125 words)

Times Square: The City’s Id, Now and Always

On Times Square’s central position in the narrative of New York City.

Published: Oct 4, 2015
Length: 21 minutes (5,290 words)