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The Underground Railroad of North Korea - GQ
The story of a desperate North Korean woman who risked her life to reach freedom, and of the complicated man who led the way.
Casting Curses and Love Spells with the Most Powerful Witches in Romania
Witchcraft is very much alive in Romania, and even politicians fear its power. We join the country’s most famous witch dynasty and partake in their yearly rituals.
The Brain That Remade Itself
Doctors removed one-sixth of this boy’s brain — and what was left did something incredible
‘In Afghanistan, We Laugh Differently’
For a handful of teenage girls, robotics offered a reprieve from their violent, patriarchal country. Now they are back home, with the Taliban poised to gain power.
The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob
The feds knew him as a prolific bank robber. But the bearded man who eluded them for so long was not who they imagined him to be. And absolutely no one expected the story to end the way it did.
Heaven Can Wait: The Hidden Genius of Elaine May - The Ringer
Improvising legend. Filmmaking maverick. Comedy savant. Screenwriting secret weapon. Elaine May is one of the most important people in American pop cultural history. Why isn’t she more celebrated? That’s exactly how she wants it.
A US$28 million Picasso masterpiece was missing for 20 years, until the art
Art historian Arthur Brand managed to track down the 1983 painting Buste de Femme (Dora Maar), which went missing from a Saudi prince’s boat in 1999.
I wrote a story that became a legend. Then I discovered it wasn’t true. - C
In 2003, with what felt like an angel on my shoulder, I wrote a story that became a myth. It was a once-in-a-lifetime piece. An emblem for human courage in the face of adversity, and an inspiration for motorcyclists like me, that swept the world in its small way. It would have…
How the music of 1950’s Cuba revolutionized the sound of young Senegal
“Dakar was where everyone came to make music.”
Who Still Buys Wite-Out, and Why?
Correction fluids have improbably outlasted the typewriter and survived the rise of the digital office.
Boy, 12, said to have created nuclear reaction in playroom lab
Hobbyists say Jackson Oswalt of Tennessee is youngest person to achieve fusion
The Quest to Acquire the Oldest, Most Expensive Book on the Planet | Litera
A wooden box containing one of the most valuable books in the world arrives in Los Angeles on October 14, 1950, with little more fanfare—or security—than a Sears catalog. Code-named “the commode,” …
Buc-ee’s: The Path to World Domination
Beaver Aplin built the quirky convenience chain into a Texas empire. Will his tactics translate outside the state?
A journey to the Disappointment Islands
In 1765, an English explorer gave two islands a rather unfortunate name that has sheltered them from the world and preserved one of Earth’s last paradises.
100-Year-Old Negatives Discovered in Block of Ice in Antarctica
For the past 100 years, a box of never-before-seen negatives has been preserved in a block of ice in Antarctica. Recently, Conservators of the New Zealand
The Dark Romance and Grim Reality of Life in the French Foreign Legion | Va
Legionnaires need war, and Afghanistan is winding down. But there's always the hopeless battle against rogue gold miners in French Guiana . . .
What a beautiful tiny house in rural Japan can teach us about the health of
Guests are transforming the sleepy town into a major destination for tourists seeking the "real Japan."
How Turkish coffee destroyed an empire
Kahve was a favourite drink of the Ottoman Empire’s ruling class. Little did they know it would one day hasten the empire’s demise
The Home Of SXSW Is So Much More Than That: How Austin Got Weird : NPR
A new book, Austin to ATX, explains the creative, contrarian history of the Texas capital. As South By Southwest ravages a large swath of the city, let's take a look back.
The Believer — The California Sunday Magazine
Why the world was wrong about the "worst Olympian ever."
The History of the Color Blue: From Ancient Egypt to the Latest Scientific Discoveries
Some scientists believe that the earliest humans were actually colorblind, and had no concept of the color blue.
Is This the Greatest Photo in Jazz History?
A quiet Sunday night in 1953. The Dodgers had just won the pennant. J.F.K. and Jacqueline Bouvier had just married. And four titans of bebop came together in a dive bar for a rare jam session.
The Prized Pepper That Comes From a Single New Mexican Town
But can it be grown anywhere else?
The Female Chef Making Japan’s Most Elaborate Cuisine Her Own
From 2019: How Niki Nakayama’s kaiseki restaurant became a highly coveted reservation in L.A.
The Exile of Rick Pitino
In 2017, the Hall of Fame Louisville coach’s career collapsed under a string of scandals, leading to his firing from the school he had coached for 16 years. Now, Pitino is finding himself in Greece, coaching Panathinaikos, working for a self-styled Bond
‘The Island Always Brings You Back’: Finding a Caribbean Home (Published 2019)
A writer never knew her family’s house on St. Thomas, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, but discovering it, and her history, became an obsession.
Texas Monthly Recommends: Soaking Up the Sounds on Saturday Night with Joe
Plus, explosive photography from Austin, instrumentals from Billy Preston, and a podcast investigation of Anna Nicole Smith.
Culture Shock for French in Quebec: ‘We Smoke Cigarettes, They Smoke Pot’ (Published 2019)
Thousands of French people are coming to live in Quebec and discovering that a common language doesn’t necessarily mean a common culture.
This Picture Has No Red Pixels—So Why Do the Strawberries Still Look Red? -
Color constancy continues to confound us.
Syria's wall of impunity begins to crack
by Pauline Brosch (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, February 2019)
“She Never Looks Back”: Inside Elizabeth Holmes’s Final Months at Theranos
At the end, Theranos was overrun by a dog defecating in the boardroom, nearly a dozen law firms on retainer, and a C.E.O. grinning through her teeth about an implausible turnaround.
Who Killed Tulum?
Greed, gringos, diesel, drugs, shamans, seaweed, and a disco ball in the jungle.
The hunt to catch the fish pirates
For 10 years, a rogue fishing vessel and its crew plundered the world’s oceans, escaping repeated attempts of capture. Then a dramatic pursuit finally netted the one that got away.
The Caviar Con - Longreads
When caviar-crazed Eastern Europeans flocked to Warsaw, Missouri to poach eggs from a vulnerable species of fish, federal agents went undercover and spent two years to build a case against them.
The Battle for the Soul of America in Garden City, Kansas
The Somali refugees living in a small small meatpacking town in Kansas loved America. But so did the locals who tried to kill them.
This Yacht Influencer Has the Perfect Life. Don't You Feel Sorry for Him?
Seated at a table on the rear deck with Lindsay Lohan and her entourage, I spotted Alex Jimenez — a professional yacht influencer.
OTL: The inside story of how Bob Costas got yanked from the Super Bowl
Conversations with Bob Costas reveal for the first time how the broadcasting icon went from fronting America's most popular sport to being excised from last year's Super Bowl and, ultimately, ending his nearly 40-year career with NBC.
Abuse of Faith
Since 1998, roughly 380 Southern Baptist church leaders and volunteers have faced allegations of sexual misconduct. They left behind more than 700 victims.
Lost in the Valley of Death
Justin Alexander went searching for higher meaning. No one expected the quest to end in a search for his body.
A Surgeon Reflects On Death, Life And The 'Incredible Gift' Of Organ Transp
Joshua Mezrich has performed hundreds of kidney, liver and pancreas transplants. He shares stories from the operating room in his book, When Death Becomes Life.
The Nazi Interrogator Who Revealed the Value of Kindness
Thanks in part to the work of Hanns Scharff and a slew of studies on interrogation techniques, we know it's best to be genuinely friendly no matter who you're trying to get information out of.
An Interview With the Realtor Selling the Suburban House With the Sex Room
An interview, interrupted by angry neighbors.
A Short History of Punk: From Late 50s Rockabilly and Garage Rock to The Ra
Seems there was a time when the dominant story of punk was the story of British punk. If you knew nothing else, you knew the name Sid Vicious, and that seemed to sum it up.
In the 1920s America, Jazz Music Was Considered Harmful to Human Health, th
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Death and Valor on an American Warship Doomed by its Own Navy
Investigation finds officials ignored warnings for years before one of the deadliest crashes in decades.
Why Air France Really Stopped Flying the Concorde
How a Freak Accident Happens
Over two years after 10-year-old Caleb Schwab lost his life on the tallest waterslide in the world, the amusement park industry has yet to fully reckon with the tragedy.
A Guide to the Resplendent Riads of Marrakech
An insider's guide to the riads of Morocco—and whether they're right for you.
The Deported Americans
Forced to live in an unfamiliar country, the U.S.-born children of deportees are a generation left in between.