How the Ray Rice Scandal Unfolded

An ESPN investigation by Don Van Natta Jr. and Kevin Van Valkenburg on what really happened inside the Baltimore Ravens and NFL offices.

Source: ESPN
Published: Sep 20, 2014
Length: 29 minutes (7,376 words)

What We Talk About When We Talk About What We Talk About When We Talk About Making

Tim Maly raises questions about our “creator” conference culture, which focuses on the mini-moguls who come up with their ideas and ignores the hidden factories and services that made them possible.

Author: Tim Maly
Source: Quiet Babylon
Published: Sep 20, 2014
Length: 7 minutes (1,900 words)

Why I Hope to Die at 75

Ezekiel J. Emanuel argues that we should rethink life after 75—that we’ve become obsessed with “the American immortal,” and that even if we are living longer, we’re not delaying aging.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Sep 20, 2014
Length: 20 minutes (5,086 words)

How Gary Hart’s Downfall Forever Changed American Politics

Bai revisits the “Monkey Business” scandal, finding out who really set the story in motion, and how it opened up political journalism to deeper scrutiny of candidates’ personal lives.

Author: Matt Bai
Published: Sep 18, 2014
Length: 31 minutes (7,876 words)

The Last Amazon

The little-known story behind Wonder Woman’s origins.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Sep 15, 2014
Length: 31 minutes (7,938 words)

Freedom Mandate

When the religious right co-opts the push to reinvigorate civics education, dubious legislation reveals the most powerful people in public schools: teachers.

Published: Sep 15, 2014
Length: 24 minutes (6,000 words)

Thoroughly Modern Marxism

The author reflects on her Marxist upbringing and attempts to untangle a family lineage where the past is conceived as “a lore of what could have been rather than of what really was.”

Published: Jul 24, 2014
Length: 19 minutes (4,810 words)

Life in Timbuktu

Once a hub of Arab-African trade, Timbuktu is now a city on the edge—with the desert encroaching, water supplies disappearing, and rebel fighters threatening new attacks.

Source: The Guardian
Published: Sep 16, 2014
Length: 11 minutes (2,851 words)

The First Record Producers

Writer and musician Bob Stanley vividly recounts the rise and fall of Phil Spector and Joe Meek.

Source: Medium
Published: Sep 12, 2014
Length: 12 minutes (3,002 words)

The Plus Side

The New Yorker’s Lizzie Widdicombe on the rapidly evolving full-figured fashion industry, and its place in the fashion world at large.

Source: New Yorker
Published: Sep 22, 2014
Length: 27 minutes (6,914 words)