A recording obtained by The New Yorker reveals how Koch operatives are trying to kill an election-reform bill that would keep large anonymous donations out of elections—despite broad bipartisan voter support. @JaneMayerNYer  reports.

One February night in 1958, something caused a group of skiers to cut their way out of their tent and flee into a howling blizzard, in 20-below-zero temperatures, in bare feet or socks. What was it?

In a new Personal History, David Sedaris writes about his relationship with his partner, Hugh, and the small things that have made their 30 years together special.

@sheelahk  . examines the rise of Robinhood, the finance app that has popularized zero-commission trading in stocks and cryptocurrencies. Is it democratizing finance or encouraging risky behavior?

A new graphic memoir chronicles Alison Bechdel’s youthful experiments with fitness, which “may have allowed her to explore a sensuous physicality that would otherwise have remained off limits,” @xwaldie  writes.

A remarkably nuanced new book explores why a medical system that can do so much to try to extend lives can do so little to help people end those lives in a peaceful and painless way.

A 1954 profile of Tenzing Norkay, who had been on more Everest expeditions than any other man when he reached the top, in 1953. #NewYorkerArchive 

“Israel argues that the situation in Sheikh Jarrah is merely a straightforward property dispute,” Raja Shehadeh writes. “In fact, what it demonstrates, above all, is the city’s endemic discrimination.”

@billmckibben  on why electric vehicles need more widespread, reliable charging stations in order to become more viable as a method for cutting emissions to prevent climate change.