The Trials of Alice Goffman

Alice Goffman’s controversial first book fueled a fight within sociology over who gets to speak for whom. Lewis-Kraus delves deeply into her story, negotiating larger issues about the distinction between journalistic and academic practices, and the meaning of sociology today.

Published: Jan 12, 2016
Length: 33 minutes (8,485 words)

To Catch a Rapist

Behind-the-scenes at a special-victims unit in New Haven, Connecticut, where a small crew of detectives face countless obstacles while trying to close sexual-assault and child-abuse cases.

Published: Jan 5, 2016
Length: 34 minutes (8,593 words)

For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions

How the rich save billions by shaping tax policy in the U.S., using loopholes and sophisticated strategies unavailable to “normal wage-earners.”

Published: Dec 29, 2015
Length: 14 minutes (3,717 words)

Jerry Tarkanian and Walter Byers: Adversaries Who Left Mark on N.C.A.A.

In the New York Times, Joe Nocera looks back at the battle between college basketball coaching great Jerry Tarkanian and former NCAA executive director Walter Byers, who both died in 2015.

Author: Joe Nocera
Published: Dec 25, 2015
Length: 7 minutes (1,997 words)

White Debt

“What is the condition of white life? We are moral debtors who act as material creditors.”

Author: Eula Biss
Published: Dec 2, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,841 words)

The Serial Swatter

How internet trolls are using our over-militarized police to harass people, and why it’s been difficult to stop.

Published: Nov 26, 2015
Length: 27 minutes (6,814 words)

The Juilliard Effect: Ten Years Later

In 2004, The New York Times tracked down the instrumentalists of Juilliard’s 1994 graduating class to see how life had unfolded after an education at the world’s most prestigious conservatory.

Published: Dec 12, 2004
Length: 12 minutes (3,114 words)

Mary Gaitskill and the Life Unseen

Parul Sehgal on the author’s new novel, The Mare, the search for real connections, and loneliness.

Published: Nov 3, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,871 words)

At a Success Academy Charter School, Singling Out Pupils Who Have ‘Got to Go’

At Success Academy Fort Greene, the same day that Ms. Ogundiran heard from the principal, her daughter’s name was one of 16 placed on a list drawn up at his direction and shared by school leaders.

The heading on the list was “Got to Go.”

Published: Oct 30, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,001 words)

The Disproportionate Risks of Driving While Black

An examination of traffic stops and arrests in Greensboro, N.C.

Published: Oct 26, 2015
Length: 23 minutes (5,757 words)