Allegations that Richard Nixon beat his wife, Pat Nixon, have circulated for decades without serious examination by the journalists who covered his presidency. It’s time to look more closely at what’s been hiding in plain view.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
On Subtlety
What’s so great about having things spelled out clearly?
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Science Fiction, Story
Dawn of Dianetics: L. Ron Hubbard, John W. Campbell, and the Origins of Scientology
Read an excerpt adapted from Alec Nevala-Lee’s book, Astounding.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Downwardly Mobile Generation
How job insecurity, student debt, health care, zoning and the housing market have compounded over decades to create a life few millennials can afford.
Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post
‘The Paper’ is the Most Essential and Overlooked Film About Journalism
No other film conveys the madness or the fun of deadline journalism.
Posted inStory
Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Malmaison to More-Than-Monarch
In fraught games of power politics, sometimes the best revenge is not being exiled to die alone on an island in the South Atlantic.
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Shooting For Truth
Adam Skolnick visits director Chris Weitz on the set of his new film, Operation Finale.
Posted inArts & Culture, Quotes
Mimi Loves Phil: Life After Death by Overdose
“How do I tell my kids that their dad just died? What are the words?”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
The Light Years
After his parents pushed him out of their home, a teenager descended into the drug-fueled counterculture of the 1970s American West.
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Annie Dillard’s Classic Essay: ‘Total Eclipse’
Dillard’s 1982 personal essay — excerpted by The Atlantic from her new collection, The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New. She writes in exquisite detail about the haunting, surreal experience of witnessing the last solar eclipse, on February 26th, 1979, after driving five hours inland in Washington State to catch it from a hill top.
