Why the Scariest Nuclear Threat May Be Coming From Inside the White House
The Department of Energy is in chaos and it is putting the world at risk.
The Department of Energy is in chaos and it is putting the world at risk.
Michael Lewis Vanity Fair Jul 2017 40min Permalink
A profile of London’s mayor.
Sam Knight New Yorker Jul 2017 40min Permalink
William Regnery II spent almost 20 years funding the racist right. It finally paid off.
Aram Roston, Joel Anderson Buzzfeed Jul 2017 20min Permalink
Look, this is about Russia. So I think if [Robert Mueller] wants to go, my finances are extremely good, my company is an unbelievably successful company. And actually, when I do my filings, peoples say, “Man.” People have no idea how successful this is. It’s a great company. But I don’t even think about the company anymore. I think about this. ’Cause one thing, when you do this, companies seem very trivial. O.K.? I really mean that. They seem very trivial. But I have no income from Russia. I don’t do business with Russia. The gentleman that you mentioned, with his son, two nice people. But basically, they brought the Miss Universe pageant to Russia to open up, you know, one of their jobs. Perhaps the convention center where it was held. It was a nice evening, and I left. I left, you know, I left Moscow.
Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt, Maggie Haberman New York Times Jul 2017 30min Permalink
“There are no good options. But some are worse than others.”
Mark Bowden The Atlantic Jun 2017 30min Permalink
The residents of Colorado Springs undertook a radical experiment in government. Here’s what they got.
Caleb Hannan Politico Magazine Jun 2017 15min Permalink
With The Apprentice, Trump rose to a level of popularity with minorities that the GOP could only dream of. Then he torched it all to prepare for a hard-right run at the presidency.
Joshua Green Businessweek Jun 2017 20min Permalink
What a state can teach us about a nation.
Lawrence Wright New Yorker Jul 2017 1h15min Permalink
Once a Red Sox hero, Curt Schilling’s loud climb towards right-wing media fame may have cost him a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He doesn’t care.
Timothy Bella Esquire Jun 2017 Permalink
A local environmental activist fights to prepare her community for life beyond mining.
Eliza Griswold New Yorker Jun 2017 30min Permalink
They’re friends who once vied for the same jobs. Now, as editors of The New York Times and The Washington Post, they’re locked in a daily battle for Trump scoops.
Joe Pompeo Politico Jun 2017 35min Permalink
“I feel like we sort of choked.”
Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima, Adam Entous Washington Post Jun 2017 25min Permalink
On what happened in 2016 and what should happen next.
Franklin Foer The Atlantic Jun 2017 30min Permalink
Stephen Miller, the 31-year-old White House advisor, became steeped in white nationalism in the unlikeliest of places: a Santa Monica high school and Duke University.
William D. Cohan Vanity Fair Jun 2017 25min Permalink
Learning Arabic in Cairo after the Arab Spring.
Peter Hessler New Yorker Apr 2017 30min Permalink
“He is, as of this writing, the most mocked man in the world.”
Rebecca Solnit Literary Hub May 2017 10min Permalink
The post-election life of the woman who would have been president.
Rebecca Traister New York May 2017 35min Permalink
A profile of the former acting attorney general.
Ryan Lizza New Yorker May 2017 20min Permalink
The documentary filmmakers from Longbow Productions said they wanted to tell the story of the Bundy Family and their standoff with the government. Their cameras were real, but the people behind them were undercover FBI agents.
Trevor Aaronson The Intercept May 2017 25min Permalink
“Richard Spencer is a troll and an icon for white supremacists. He was also my high-school classmate.”
Graeme Wood The Atlantic May 2017 30min Permalink
Watching TV with the President the night before he fired James Comey.
Michael Scherer, Zeke J. Miller Time May 2017 15min Permalink
A profile of The Rock, the best friend you didn’t know you had.
Caity Weaver GQ May 2017 20min Permalink
An enormous entitlement in the tax code props up home prices—and overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy and the upper middle class.
Matthew Desmond New York Times Magazine May 2017 30min Permalink
After decades at the fringe, conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones helped usher a president into office. Now, the only person standing in Jones’ way is Jones.
Charlie Warzel Buzzfeed May 2017 25min Permalink
The Constitution offers two main paths for removing a President from office.
Evan Osnos New Yorker Apr 2017 40min Permalink