How shoes are ruining our feet.

The director on Obama, the state of black cinema, the Knicks, the Nets, the tragedy of public education in America, gentrified New York and why he lives on the Upper East Side.

The story of a Ponzi schemer who became the mark.

Americans learn to love themselves.

A profile of Fiona Apple.

A profile of Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka Sabu, a hacker star of Anonymous and resident of a New York City housing project.

On the difficult, “god-like” decisions faced by parents of transgender children.

How we try - and usually fail - to fight the mosquito.

On the ouster of CEO Janet Robinson and the company’s financial woes.

The author on his mother’s deteriorating health and the “price of longevity.”

The author reflects on his mayoral run with Norman Mailer against John Lindsay.

At the bar one night a couple of weeks after the primary, I looked up from a drink and saw my face and Norman's face floating across the screen on the NBC First Tuesday show. It is a network thing, and they did a 20-minute look at our campaign. The show reinforced my opinion that Norman and I had some of the most terrific lows in the history of anything that ever took place in this city. And, perhaps, a couple of highs that could be recognized as time passes a bit. Like maybe colleges for years will be using the things Norman Mailer was saying out in the streets.

Remembering Patrice O’Neal.

The world of high-end wine gets conned.

The case of the murdered real-estate legend and her enraged assistant.

A profile of Mark Zuckerberg, savvy CEO.

How a scandal involving sex, money and a Wiccan coven brought down yogi John Friend.

The toll of being a cop on the most successful force in the country.

The complicated case of Brigitte Harris, who, after years of abuse, accidentally killed her father by cutting off his penis.

He’s their hero, but he’s also their soulmate, the one person in the world who understands them. That’s why Stephen Wesley and the legions of fans like him can’t get enough of the Mountain Goats. And that burden is crushing Darnielle.

On the passionate relationship between fans and John Danielle of the Mountain Goats.

Don’t call them “foodies.”

A profile of 25-year-old Lena Dunham, showrunner and star of HBO’s Girls.

The rise of anti-anxiety medication.

The life and times of two professional muggers in 1970’s lower Manhattan:

Hector and Louise usually work whatever neighborhood they’re living in. They knock over every old man on the block, every young man who follows Louise’s swinging hips and pocketbook, and every young girl attracted by Hector’s olive eyes. They rough up all of them, take whatever money is there, and then move on.

The artist discusses her latest record, Biophilia, science and music education. 

Up until she developed a vocal-cord nodule a few years ago, Björk made a point of not investigating how that instrument worked. “With arrangements and lyrics,” she says, squinting over her coffee, “I work more with the left side of my brain. But my voice has always been very right brain. I didn’t try to analyze it at all. I didn’t even know until I started all this voice work, two years ago, what my range was. I didn’t want to let the academic side into that—I worried the mystery would go.”

On New Yorker writer George W. S. Trow’s descent into madness.