In Conversation: Jon Stewart
An interview with the Daily Show host about making movies, the 2016 election, and why everybody loves Stephen Colbert.
A Shooting on Spring Grove Avenue
A detective accuses a woman of murder; the woman says the detective is the one who should be in prison.
MetaFilter: The Internet’s First Family
Stephen Thomas on how and why a site originally intended for sharing “best of the web” links become a place where strangers help each other in real life in extraordinary ways.
The Pierre Omidyar Insurgency
The eBay founder was looking for a way to spend his time and fortune—and settled on reinventing journalism. The rest hasn’t been so easy.
The Myth of Chinese Super Schools
Diane Ravitch on the politics of education reform and testing in America, and a review of Yong Zhao’s book on China’s history of testing: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World.
Reading List: The Witching Hour
Four pieces about witchcraft in the United States and abroad.
The Tupperware Queen
How an Eisenhower-era single mom created the “Tupperware party,” launching a plastic food-storage empire.
Andy Warhol Meets Mama Cass
A reporter describes introducing Mama Cass and Andy Warhol in 1966.
The Technical Constraints That Made Abbey Road So Good
How technology has changed the recording process since the Beatles, and how “option paralysis” can create new problems for engineers and bands.
#Nightshift: Minneapolis
“She loved me. I’ll probably never see her again.” Excerpts from an Instagram essay.
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