First, Let’s Get Rid of All the Bosses

Inside Zappos’ radical experiment to eliminate management and embrace Holacracy.

Published: Oct 5, 2015
Length: 36 minutes (9,125 words)

The Death Doulas

A hundred years ago, dying in America was a far more intimate experience. A look at how the realities of death became so distant and industrialized, and the small group of women who are fighting to reconnect us to the process of dying.

Published: Jun 24, 2015
Length: 24 minutes (6,050 words)

Why Won’t Twitter Forgive Suey Park?

Twitter brawler and internet activist Suey Park became famous for creating #cancelcolbert, a hashtag that evoked an enormous amount of online outrage. This profile looks at Park’s life (both before and after the #cancelcolbert incident) as well as the larger phenomenon of internet shaming.

Published: May 20, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,080 words)

The Bot Bubble

Inside the world of click farms, which create fake accounts to artificially bolster social media accounts at a price.

Published: Apr 20, 2015
Length: 22 minutes (5,700 words)

The People’s President

Uruguay’s José Mujica was every liberal’s dream president. But was he too good to be true?

Published: Feb 1, 2015
Length: 23 minutes (5,900 words)

When Will We Stop Punishing Working Women for Having Babies?

Another strong argument for sane parental leave policy in the United States: “Women are now having babies smack in the middle of their peak earning periods and that their earnings are crucial to the economic stability of their families.”

Published: Feb 5, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,128 words)

Stop Trying to Save the World

How the ‘Big Idea’ is destroying international development: “The point is, we don’t know what works, where, or why. The only way to find out is to test these models—not just before their initial success but afterward, and constantly.”

Published: Nov 17, 2014
Length: 24 minutes (6,112 words)

Extreme Wealth Is Bad for Everyone—Especially the Wealthy

Michael Lewis examines the psychological effects of income inequality. “There is a growing awareness that the yawning gap between rich and poor is no longer a matter of simple justice but also the enemy of economic success and human happiness. It’s not just bad for the poor. It’s also bad for the rich.”

Published: Nov 16, 2014
Length: 13 minutes (3,272 words)

Hello, My Name Is Stephen Glass, and I’m Sorry

Stephen Glass nearly destroyed The New Republic with his fabricated stories. Sixteen years later, Hanna Rosin confronts her former colleague, who now works at a personal-injury law firm in Beverly Hills.

Published: Nov 10, 2014
Length: 27 minutes (6,950 words)

My Terrifying Night With Afghanistan’s Only Female Warlord

A face-to-face encounter with Bibi Ayisha, aka Commander Pigeon. In her 60s, she oversees a militia of fighters from a compound 250 miles north of Kabul.

Author: Jen Percy
Published: Oct 14, 2014
Length: 20 minutes (5,021 words)