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How the Anti-Vaxxers Got Red-Pilled
What happens when a global pandemic, a vaccine-resistance movement, and the age of conspiracy collide? A black hole of misinformation that poses a grave threat to public health
The GameStop Story Is Really About a Broken Economy and Pissed-Off Populace
Everyone's talking about a video game store’s stock because it features the rarest of occurrences in American life: rich people losing
Behind the Scenes of a Covid-Themed Zoom Porn
With Future Darkly: Pandemic, porn production company Adult Time tried to capture the mood of sex during quarantine, while dealing with a rapidly changing industry
Highway to Hell: A Trip Down Afghanistan’s Deadliest Road
The $300 million Kabul-Kandahar road was meant to be a symbol of the new Afghanistan. Today it reveals everything that has gone wrong in America’s longest war
Farewell to a Fascist: Biden, Washington, and America Pick Up the Pieces
It's been the longest four years of our lives. But how do we move on?
The Missing Piece of the D.B. Cooper Story
Many saw flight attendant Tina Mucklow as the key to the mysterious skyjacking. But does her story hold the answers?
He Was Assigned to Photograph a Joint Session of Congress. The MAGA Mob Had Other Plans
Photojournalist Saul Loeb captured some of the most indelible images of this week's attempted insurrection
The Spirit of Neil Peart
Rush’s virtuoso drum hero lived by his own rules, to the very end. For the first time since Peart’s passing, his bandmates and widow discuss his legacy and his final years
Rolling Stone’s Top Longreads of 2020
Each year we publish tens of thousands of stories, covering music news and trends, political analysis, […]
The Road: 100 Days of Travel in Pandemic-Ravaged America
What's it like to report across 16 states and log 12,000 miles during the most devastating year in modern history?
Peter Guralnick on the Musical and Social Revolution of Ray Charles’ ‘I Got a Woman’
The excerpt comes from Guralnick's excellent new book 'Looking to Get Lost,' which features profiles of Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Solomon Burke, and more
6 Paths Through Jazz in 2020
In a trying year for the genre, there was still a ton of new music to explore. Here are some possible routes