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March 10, 2014
Is San Francisco New York?

Ex�Wall Street bros, hacker hostels, self-loathing techies: dispatches from a city, newly flushed with wealth, that doesn’t quite know what to do with itself.

March 10, 2014
The Gavel Drops at Sotheby’s

The auction house is under attack by hedge-fund activist Daniel Loeb, who wants it to start making lots more money, in part by refusing to kowtow to rich folks like him.

February 24, 2014
The Plot From Solitary

Four alleged members of rival gangs launched a hunger strike 30,000 strong from the isolation of their Supermax cells. Was the prison system that corralled them not strong enough, or is solitary confinement an impossible idea?

February 24, 2014
My Addiction, Through My Eyes

Self-portraits by Graham MacIndoe.

February 10, 2014
Here, Let Ezra Explain

What is D.C.’s most famous young policy wonk doing leaving the Washington Post? Trying to start a news organization he thinks could one day eclipse it.

February 10, 2014
Is Gentrification All Bad?

The view from Inwood, Bed-Stuy, and East Harlem.

February 3, 2014
Showtime

Find your theatrical match.

February 3, 2014
Our Future Neighbors

Considering such factors as climate change and shifting species populations.

February 3, 2014
Six-Legged Freak

A new cockroach has landed on our shores, a stowaway from Asia with impressive staying power. For one thing: Its babies have been known to scurry around on ice.

February 3, 2014
�Most Well-Known and Beloved Chinese Role Model�

Philanthropist, demolition kingpin, and wannabe media mogul Chen Guangbiao’s quixotic quest for the New York Times.