Why do tech companies keep building suburban corporate campuses that are isolated—by design—from the communities their products are supposed to impact? Oatman-Stanford looks at the history of corporate urban design and the midcentury rise (and continued reign) of the suburban office park.

Despite being a little self-congratulatory (it is, after all, a story in Vanity Fair about articles written for Vanity Fair), Hogan's piece offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes view of Dominick Dunne's legendary coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial. Dunne was one of two journalists with a guaranteed seat at the proceedings, and as Jeffrey Toobin said, “Lance Ito might have been the judge, but Dominick was the mayor of the courtroom." A complete archive of Dunne's coverage of the trial can be found here.

Did Julie Miller fake her Ironman victories?

Chadburn's beautiful, brutal essay pairs memories of poverty and the foster care system with an unlikely clarion call: pay your taxes. "Taxes are revolutionary," she writes. "When I pay my taxes I am telling my community I value you."

How did Donald Trump become Donald Trump? It seems infamous Joseph McCarthy henchman Roy Cohn had quite a bit to do with it. Kruse traces how Cohn became a mentor to Trump, and the impact the friendship had on Trump's persona and tactics.

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