Last Man Running
A story about the Last Man competition. Last Man is a loosely organized, annual battle to be the “Last Man in America to Know Who Won the Super Bowl.”
The Trip Treatment
Research into psychedelics has been demonized and shut down for decades. But recent psilocybin trials from Johns Hopkins and New York University are helping researchers reconsider the therapeutic potential of the drugs.
Your Son Is Deceased
An examination of police misconduct in Albuquerque, New Mexico—a city with one of the highest rates in the country of fatal shootings by police.
The Talking Cure
In Providence, Rhode Island, the mayor hopes getting low-income parents to talk to their very young children more will help boost language skills and close the achievement gap.
The Virologist
A profile of a 27-year-old entrepreneur whose speciality is creating clickbait websites.
Leviathan
Sedaris writes about a family trip to the beach, snapping turtles, and the evolution of his father into a “nice and agreeable” person.
Inside the Collapse of the New Republic
Admittedly impartial, but thorough, breakdown by Lizza (a former contributing editor for TNR) on what happened when owner Chris Hughes attempted to replace the editor he hired, Franklin Foer, and reinvent the 100-year-old magazine as a digital media company.
In and Out of Time in Iraq
A war reporter contends with PTSD.
The Quiet German
How Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel went from research scientist to the most powerful woman in the world.
The Programmer’s Price
The Hollywood model applied to Silicon Valley: Some computer programmers are getting agents to help them negotiate their contracts.