The Bank Robber

A computer technician steals client data from a Swiss bank revealing the pervasive problem of tax evasion committed by the global elite. His motives don’t appear to be purely altruistic.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 26, 2016
Length: 40 minutes (10,236 words)

Three Short Moments in a Long Life

“She didn’t belong. And, secretly, I feared that I didn’t belong, either.” A beautiful, surprising, and funny short story by John L’Heureux.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 9, 2016
Length: 22 minutes (5,522 words)

The Model American

Melania Trump is “the ultimate embodiment of Donald Trump’s bargain with the electorate.”

Source: The New Yorker
Published: May 2, 2016
Length: 15 minutes (3,824 words)

Madness

In Florida prisons, mentally ill inmates are routinely tortured and killed by guards. Staff are often witnesses to the abuse but remain silent out of fear of retaliation, cooperating with security officials who they depend on for protection.

Author: Eyal Press
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Apr 26, 2016
Length: 31 minutes (7,792 words)

The Throwaways

Chadburn’s beautiful, brutal essay pairs memories of poverty and the foster care system with an unlikely clarion call: pay your taxes. “Taxes are revolutionary,” she writes. “When I pay my taxes I am telling my community I value you.”

Source: The Rumpus
Published: Jan 25, 2012
Length: 19 minutes (4,876 words)

The Reckoning

When she was 18 and eight months pregnant, Claire Wilson was critically wounded during the 1966 University of Texas Tower shooting. This is Wilson’s story, which goes into how her life was affected in the tragedy’s aftermath.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Mar 31, 2016
Length: 51 minutes (12,878 words)

Mother for Hire

A searing look at the lives of the immigrant women who tend to the needs of others.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Apr 11, 2016
Length: 34 minutes (8,580 words)

Imaginary Spaces

A profile of Es Devlin, a highly in-demand stage designer who has worked with rock stars, playwrights, and fashion designers.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Mar 21, 2016
Length: 27 minutes (6,804 words)

The Matter of Black Lives

Examining the future of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Mar 7, 2016
Length: 21 minutes (5,419 words)

Rebranding the Koch Brothers

In what David Axelrod described as an “extraordinary exercise in rebranding,” the billionaire brothers are now trying to shake their plutocratic image by showcasing a concern for the poor through a variety of initatives.

Author: Jane Mayer
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jan 25, 2016
Length: 28 minutes (7,114 words)