“My first campaign was in 2012, and I did that for GQ, and it was essentially a blog. I was on the trail covering it every single day, multiple times a day. So I was trained pretty narrowly as a political reporter. But I always had this ambition to be a magazine features writer, and […]
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Under Autocracy, The Eroding of Trust
At New York Magazine, Russian-born Michael Idov reflects on the few years he returned to Moscow to edit the Russian edition of GQ, beginning in 2011. He was surprised by the culture of cynicism he encountered — a response to constant deceit and crushing autocracy under Vladimir Putin. And he wonders whether a similar lack of trust and sense of defeat are in store for the U.S. under Trump.
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27 Years and 1,000 Break-Ins: North Pond Hermit — Book Edition
An excerpt from The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit — Michael Finkel’s book on Christopher Knight, the hermit who survived by committing 1,000 break-ins over nearly three decades.
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Full Disclosure: A Reading List About Confessions
In these six stories, a drunk driver confesses via viral video, an ex-Catholic returns to confession, a high-school cheater reveals her indiscretions, and more.
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Full Disclosure: A Reading List About Confessions
In these six stories, a drunk driver confesses via viral video, an ex-Catholic returns to confession, a high-school cheater reveals her indiscretions, and more.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Here are the stories we loved this week. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * * 1. How Albert Woodfox Survived Solitary Rachel Aviv | The New Yorker | Jan 16, 2017 | 45 minutes (11,296 words) A profile of Albert Woodfox, a man originally sentenced to 50 years […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Below, our favorite stories of the week. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * * 1. The Great A.I. Awakening Gideon Lewis-Kraus | New York Times | Dec. 14, 2016 | 60 minutes (15,174 words) The story of how Google developed artificial intelligence to vastly improve its translation service, […]
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Our top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
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How Do You Introduce A Candidate Like Randy Bryce?
The production company Acres New York combines documentary filmmaking and political savvy.
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Happy Birthday to Gemini-in-Chief, Donald Trump
Trump joins a short list of mercurial Gemini presidents, including John F. Kennedy and George H.W. Bush.
