Between Falling and Falling
In the instance of slipping, there’s a moment of stillness just before you lose control. Selections from 10 years of a falling man’s self-portraits.
Archive
A collection of 14232 issues
July 22, 2013: Morning
* A sixth college football player joins the lawsuit against using their likenesses in video games without compensation. * The Hudson River is filled with raw sewage and is teeming with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. * An oral history of Maxwell's. * Economists find former smokers earn more than smokers or those who
July 19, 2013: Afternoon
* How the new league of Texas Democrats could return their party to power. * On behalf of New York, Louis Black gives Texas the middle finger. * An interactive guide to the big ideas and biggest blunders of New York's mob of mayoral candidates. * Joe Biden—who might be the
The University of Marias
Daily life can wear you down when your freshman-year roommates are gray-haired and flirting with dementia. Then again, the best lessons may come that way.
July 19, 2013: Morning
* Statistics show that for Syria's children, there is no school, no play, no family life—no childhood. * Arab League throws support behind Kerry's plan to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks—the first in two years. * Social-media powerhouse Skittles goes silent after George Zimmerman verdict. * Gawker
How to Headline a Tornado
The best way to find our way through the news is to understand how it’s made.
July 18, 2013: Afternoon
* Taliban official writes letter to Malala Yousafzai to apologize not for shooting her, but for not warning her of their plans. * A man with Asperger's who loves the MTA has been arrested 29 times for impersonating its employees. * Shyness is a part of being human. The world would
July 18, 2013: Morning
* Across the border from McAllen, Texas, Mexican authorities rescue 81 kidnapped migrants; last month, 165 were freed in a similar case. * Huong is among millions of Vietnamese who hold an estimated 300 tons to 400 tons of bullion...valued at as much as $19 billion at domestic prices. * An elastic,
We Are the Resurrection
A reporter spends a season trailing one of London’s most infamous soccer clubs while its soul is rebuilt from scratch. A cautionary tale—for New Yorkers, especially—of super fans, gonzo money, and the doctrine that is “organic football.”
July 17, 2013: Afternoon
* Neo-Nazi black-metal musician arrested in southwestern France on charges of plotting a massacre. * How the media is ignoring health complications and hyping the belief an abortion ban after 20 weeks is "reasonable." * Related: "It's a rare condition, even more rare to have made