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We Could Have Had Electric Cars from the Very Beginning
Early electric cars performed better in cities than internal combustion vehicles, but didn’t give riders the same illusion of freedom and masculine derring-do. → Read More
Who Cares? : On Nags, Martyrs, the Women Who Give Up, and the Men Who Don’t Get It
Some women successfully free themselves from emotional labor, but I don’t want to give up the work of caring. I just want others to care as well. → Read More
The Dead Man Fund
How the world’s worst investor fleeced clients who couldn’t complain. → Read More
The RNC, Revisited
Last year, when Jared Yates Sexton went to Cleveland, the ugliness he saw there was a harbinger of much to come. → Read More
The Woman Who Smashed Codes: America’s Secret Weapon in World War II
How "know-nothings" Elizebeth Smith Friedman and William F. Friedman became the greatest codebreakers of their era. → Read More
Lumberjacking in Brooklyn
A professor from the Adirondacks offers a glimpse of life in Trump country and a rigorous axe-centric workout. → Read More
For Better Vision, Living in the Dark
An experimental treatment for lazy eyes required living with a total stranger, in complete darkness, for ten days. → Read More
For Better Vision, Living in the Dark
An experimental treatment for lazy eyes required living with a total stranger, in complete darkness, for ten days. → Read More
Trevor Noah’s Crash Course in Surviving an American Election
Reeves Wiedeman on the South Africa native Trevor Noah’s first Presidential campaign as the host of “The Daily Show,” and his thoughts on Donald Trump. → Read More
Serena Williams Is Not A Good Loser, So She Tries Not To Lose
If you are a good enough natural athlete, you can pick up a football in college and eventually go pro, or start running triathlons in early adulthood and make the Olympics. Not so with tennis, a sport whose minute technical details are drilled into muscle fibers only through many, many, many, many, repetitions. The buzzkill of Serena Williams’s MasterClass, then, comes halfway through, in an… → Read More
How to Be Brazilian in New York
“Amigo Gringo” is a YouTube series in Portuguese, intended to help tourists bridge cultural and linguistic gaps. → Read More
“Amigo Gringo” on How to Be Brazilian in New York
“Amigo Gringo” is a YouTube series in Portuguese, intended to help tourists bridge cultural and linguistic gaps. → Read More
Baedeker 2.0 Archives
“Amigo Gringo” is a YouTube series in Portuguese, intended to help tourists bridge cultural and linguistic gaps. → Read More
Simone Biles Becomes the Greatest Gymnast of All Time
Reeves Wiedeman on the phenomenal success of the American gymnast Simone Biles, the first woman ever to win three World Championships in a row. → Read More
Women’s Gymnastics Deserves Better TV Coverage
How about celebrating this group of American gymnasts, perhaps the greatest ever, by explaining to Americans exactly what makes them so great? → Read More
Simone Biles Is the Best Gymnast in the World
At the Olympics this summer, she may become the most decorated American the sport has ever seen. → Read More
The Mind-Blowing Athleticism of Simone Biles
She’s considered the world’s best on the beam, floor, and vault. In this footage, we look at what makes her so exceptional. → Read More
The Mind-Blowing Athleticism of Simone Biles
She’s considered the world’s best on the beam, floor, and vault. In this footage, we look at what makes her so exceptional. → Read More
The End of the Open Market for Lethal-Injection Drugs
Lincoln Caplan on Pfizer’s decision to place restrictions on drugs used in lethal injections. → Read More
Royal Family
On the cusp of their World Series win, the Royals referred to themselves as family so often that it stopped seeming schmaltzy—it sounded sincere. → Read More