A Moment of Zen: Seven Stories Looking Back at Jon Stewart’s Fake-News Legacy

Here are seven stories looking back at how Stewart became the most influential fake-news anchor in the history of television.

Author: Mike Dang
Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 6, 2015

The End of the Hoop Dream

Fueled by desperation and long-shot hopes, an agent takes a group of end-of-the-line players to the extreme fringe of international basketball.

Source: Grantland
Published: Aug 6, 2015
Length: 30 minutes (7,571 words)

How New York Ended Up With 1.2 Million Open Arrest Warrants

On “broken windows” policing and New York City’s staggering 1.2 million open arrest warrants—many of which date back years, if not decades.

Published: Aug 4, 2015
Length: 13 minutes (3,456 words)

Fox and Friends

What’s the point of a hunt without a kill? A look inside the (nearly) bloodless world of fox hunting and a thwarted family legacy.

Source: Longreads
Published: Aug 6, 2015
Length: 20 minutes (5,232 words)

They Began a New Era

The late James Salter’s last piece for the New York Review of Books, on David McCullough’s Wright brothers biography.

Published: Aug 6, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,753 words)

Inside the Secret World of Trader Joe’s

From the archives: Beth Kowitt goes deep into the notoriously close-lipped world of Trader Joe’s.

Source: Fortune
Published: Aug 23, 2010
Length: 11 minutes (2,955 words)

Selfie with ‘Sunflowers’

Julian Barnes on Vincent van Gogh, and the difficulties of seeing his well-known work with fresh eyes.

Published: Jul 30, 2015
Length: 13 minutes (3,384 words)

Living In The Disneyland Version Of Startup Life

It’s becoming increasingly possible to live where you work. Tiki looks at the rise of “co-living” spaces springing up in cities all over the U.S.

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Aug 3, 2015
Length: 18 minutes (4,714 words)

My Undertaker, My Pimp

Jay Kirk examines the intersection of grief and lust in this profile of a disgraced undertaker-turned-brothel-owner.

Author: Jay Kirk
Published: Mar 1, 2002
Length: 29 minutes (7,333 words)

Vehicle City

A couple tries to give away a house in beleaguered Flint, Michigan, one of the most violent cities in America.

Published: Jul 6, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,070 words)