This Is Uber’s Playbook for Sabotaging Lyft
How startups play dirty to gain any advantage in the exploding taxi app market.
Amid the Heated Debates, Iraqi Immigrants Struggle to Make a Living in Arizona
Thousands of Iraqi immigrants have started new lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and it has been far from easy.
Welcome to Paradise
When Germany legalised prostitution in 2002 it triggered an apparently unstoppable growth in the country’s sex industry. It’s now worth 15 billion euros a year and embraces everything from 12-storey mega-brothels to outdoor sex boxes. But has any of this brought about better conditions for sex workers?
The Aftershocks
Seven Italian scientists were convicted of manslaughter after a magnitude-6.2 earthquake hit the city of L’Aquila, killing 297 people and injuring thousands. Scientists across the globe are worried about the effect this case will have on experts who are asked to provide an opinion.
Everything Is Hearsay: An Elegy
A young poet on her father’s unexpected death and the subsequent malpractice trial.
The Ex Next Door
She thought she’d found the perfect condo, and then—nearly a decade after their breakup, and in a city of 3.8 million—her ex moved in next door.
The Matter of Time
Time Inc., which includes iconic publications like People, Sports Illustrated, and its flagship magazine, TIME, is struggling to become profitable after being spun off from Time Warner.
The Problem of Entitlement: A Question of Respect
Almond argues that a culture of negativity is growing in the world of writers, partly due to a fear that they are competing for fewer steady jobs and a shrinking audience. “Entitlement is the enemy of artistic progress, which requires patience and gratitude and, above all, humility. You don’t grow as a writer by writing off other people’s efforts. You grow as a writer by respecting the process.”
Our Music, Our Lives: A Reading List
This week’s reading list from Emily includes stories about Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer, Jenny Lewis, Mykki Blanco, and more.
Contracts, Clashing Egos, Cocaine: What Doomed Chevy Chase’s Early ‘SNL’ Career
Why did Chevy Chase leave Saturday Night Live after just one season? An excerpt from Hill and Weingrad’s 1986 book, Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live.
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