Chicago’s Opportunity Artist
By BEN AUSTEN
Can the social sculptor Theaster Gates turn the inner city into art?
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12.22.13
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How John McCain Turned His Clichés Into Meaning
By MARK LEIBOVICH
The “brave maverick” who became the “bitter old man” is now “learning to let go.”
It’s the Economy
Supersize My Wage
By ANNIE LOWREY
What happens when you raise the minimum wage in a down economy?
Talk
Mireille Guiliano On Aging With French Dignity
Interview by JESSICA GROSS
The author of “French Women Don’t Get Facelifts” explains why it’s useful to know your limits.
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Lydia Lunch Through the Years
December 20, 2013
The Top 10 Photo Books of 2013
December 19, 2013
Stephen King’s Popularity Is Still Scary
December 17, 2013
The Lives They Loved: Submit Your Memories
By THE STAFF
We invite you to contribute stories and photographs of your loved ones who died this year.
The Ethicist
(Sub)Mission Creep
By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN
Friends with manuscripts; strangers with embargoes.
Innovation
Who Made That Smoke Alarm?
By PAGAN KENNEDY
From an inexpensive lifesaver to a universal source of irritation.
Riff
One! Last! Time!
By LISA SCHWARZBAUM
In the movies, men are constantly gathering for a last blowout escape from adult life. One quiet film this year presents a refreshingly different take on manhood.
The One-Page Magazine
B.J. Novak’s Thanksgiving Congregation
Take a hike, Donder; Dante de Blasio or Dante Alighieri?
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The Search for the Lost Marines of Tarawa
By WIL S. HYLTON
Seventy years after three of the bloodiest days in modern American history, the battle continues to bring the missing men back home.
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A Reason to Root for Dubai on the Hudson
By HUGO LINDGREN
The trouble isn’t that Manhattan is changing. The trouble lies in what exactly it’s starting to become.
God Called Them to Adopt. And Adopt. And Adopt.
By MAGGIE JONES
When responding to a calling to take in foster children, how do you know when you’ve done enough?
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This Is What It Looks Like at the Center of America
A photo portolio by Andrew Moore of some of the most sparsely populated regions west of the 100th meridian.
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Down the Instagram Rabbit Hole
By MAYA LAU
Discovery of one great Instagram photographer leads to the discovery of another one, then another . . .
