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The Hideaway
“In an abandoned military barracks in rural Germany, Ben Green prepares for the end of the world.”
Patrick Radden Keefe Gets to the Bottom of It
If you’re a sucker for hearing how great journalists report and structure their work — and who isn’t? — this Q&A with New Yorker write-around specialist Patrick Radden Keefe makes for a perfect Monday read. It’s always the same: It starts with a series of big beats. If it’s an article, it starts with eight […]
Jude Law’s Beautiful Disappearing Act
“For decades, he’s captivated audiences as a certain kind of character: charming. Handsome. . . . Now Jude Law is casting that aside, and embracing roles that are darker.”
Black Earth
“In North Carolina, a Black farmer purchased the plantation where his ancestors were enslaved— and is reclaiming his family’s story, his community’s health, and the soil beneath his feet.”
The Charming, Eccentric, Blessed Life of Lee Maxwell
“As the decades passed, washing machines materialized on his property.”
My Scammer
“I responded to one of those spam texts from a “recruiter”—then took the job. It got weirder than I could have imagined.”
Picture This: A Tectonic Revolution
“With one map, Marie Tharp revealed the raw, rifted depths of the Atlantic—and changed what we thought we knew about the Earth.”
Best of 2023
Our annual end-of-year collection compiling our favorite essays, investigations, features, and profiles of the year.
The Remarkable Brain of a Carpet Cleaner Who Speaks 24 Languages
Vaughn Smith lives in Maryland. He’s 46 years old. He also learns languages with the seeming ease of a run around the block — including endangered indigenous tongues like Salish. In this fascinating profile that’s part ridealong and part science dive, Jessica Contrera takes you inside the life (and brain) of a man with a […]
