Tania’s World
Rolling Stone‘s 1975 cover story on Patty Hearst’s time on the run as a fugitive with the SLA.
‘It’s Yours’: A Short History of the Horde
How Ta-Nehisi Coates built the best comment section on the internet—and why it can’t last.
Taking the Slow Road: An Interview with Author Katherine Heiny
She published a short story in The New Yorker in 1992, then seemed to all but disappear. How author Katherine Heiny took her sweet time on the path toward publishing her new story collection.
What Really Happened to Baby Johan
After a father drops his three-month-old son, a family tragedy becomes a criminal case that raises questions about controversial nature of shaken baby syndrome.
The Prep School And The Predator
A viral story helps expose a predatory teacher’s abusive history at an elite all-girls private school in Los Angeles.
The 2015 National Magazine Award Winners: A Reading List
Here’s a brief rundown of some of the winning stories.
The Trip Treatment
Research into psychedelics has been demonized and shut down for decades. But recent psilocybin trials from Johns Hopkins and New York University are helping researchers reconsider the therapeutic potential of the drugs.
The Rise of Joan of Arc: How a Visionary Peasant Girl Defied a Dress Code and Challenged the Patriarchy
Following the guidance of the voices only she could hear, Joan, a peasant girl living in a world dominated by aristocrats and men, left her home to convince the dauphin—and many men along the way—that only she could save France and make him king.
The Failing Light
Why did a rising young poet plunge into despair, killing her son and then herself
Friends 4 Ever: Five Stories About Friendship
Inspired by Maria Bustillos’s “Friendship is Complicated,” this week’s Reading List is about the joy, power and struggles of friendship.
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