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.
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.
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.”
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.
White Debt
“What is the condition of white life? We are moral debtors who act as material creditors.”
The Serial Swatter
How internet trolls are using our over-militarized police to harass people, and why it’s been difficult to stop.
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.
Mary Gaitskill and the Life Unseen
Parul Sehgal on the author’s new novel, The Mare, the search for real connections, and loneliness.
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.”
The Disproportionate Risks of Driving While Black
An examination of traffic stops and arrests in Greensboro, N.C.