Ghost Workers

Despite being hailed internationally as heroes, frontline health workers have been sidelined in the 3.3 billion dollar fight against Ebola.

Author: Amy Maxmen
Source: Newsweek Europe
Published: May 19, 2015
Length: 22 minutes (5,540 words)

ISIS and the Shia Revival in Iraq

Nicolas Pelham in Iraq, on the destruction of antiquities by ISIS, and the reality of life in Baghdad right now.

Published: May 20, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,245 words)

The Wrong Man

Did police insist on blaming Cornell McKay for a 2012 robbery to cover up their own ineptitude?

Published: May 13, 2015
Length: 26 minutes (6,600 words)

Judy Blume Knows All Your Secrets

A profile of the author of “Deenie,” “Forever…” and many other books that conveyed the emotional experiences of adolescence for multiple generations of readers.

Published: May 18, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,203 words)

A Woman on the Margins

An interview with Vivian Gornick about the problem with writing programs, the memoir’s potential for dishonesty, and finding her way as a writer.

Source: Longreads
Published: May 19, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,223 words)

VCs Take the Media

How media startups went searching for venture capital funding normally reserved for tech companies.

Source: The Baffler
Published: May 19, 2015
Length: 18 minutes (4,677 words)

The Future Museum of Food and Drink

Can an in-the-works New York City Museum of Food and Drink become a reality?

Published: May 3, 2015
Length: 9 minutes (2,400 words)

A Life in Motion, Stopped Cold

Brazilian gymnast Laís Souza had already competed in the Olympics twice when she was recruited into the relatively new sport of aerial skiing. Souza took on the new sport at warp-speed, qualifying for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games just seven months after she began her aerials career. But then disaster struck.

Published: May 13, 2015
Length: 35 minutes (8,900 words)

To Have and To Hold

Jill Lepore explores the privacy arguments in the Supreme Court that defined reproductive rights versus the equality arguments that defined the fight for gay marriage.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 18, 2015
Length: 20 minutes (5,204 words)

Four Stories About Disordered Eating

I think many of us have experiences with disordered eating, subconsciously or not.

Source: Longreads
Published: May 17, 2015