Inside Scientology: A Reading List
Stories about Scientology from Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, JSTOR Daily, and The Daily Beast.
The Pez Outlaw
How a Michigan farmer made and lost millions smuggling rare Pez containers into the US.
The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous
Glaser examines the history of the popular, faith-based 12-step program that dominates alcohol abuse treatment in the U.S. and asks why we’ve ignored several other effective treatments.
Playing House
A look at why a growing tide of musicians are moving their shows away from sweaty clubs and into cozy living rooms, and the cottage industry that has sprung up around the production of so-called house shows.
The Revolution Will Probably Wear Mom Jeans
“Normcore is a remarkably efficient summary of hipster posturing at its most baroque.”
Escape From New York
The late Ellen Willis—a legendary feminist and cultural critic—writes about loneliness, human connection and aging radicals in the context of a solo cross-country Greyhound bus trip. The essay originally appeared as a 1981 cover story in the Village Voice, and was later reprinted in The Essential Ellen Willis.
She Was Abandoned as a Baby, Found at a Train Depot in 1915. Then She Lived to 100.
The life story of Annie Ione Rachels Pacifici.
Gone in 30 Seconds
How four California Highway Patrol officers with little undercover experience posed as Vegas players to take down motorcycle thieves in LA.
Meals Behind Bars: A Reading List
Four stories about food in the prison system.
The Cold Rim of the World
The rise and fall of Pyramiden, a Russian mining town located in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
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