Articles from the New Yorker
The Archive - 1997

May 19, 1997
DEPT. OF DISPUTATION
The Sports Taboo
Why blacks are like boys and whites are like girls.

March 17, 1997
ANNALS OF STYLE
The Coolhunt
Who decides what's cool? Certain kids in certain places--
and only the coolhunters know who they are.

July 28, 1997
ANNALS OF STYLE
Listening to Khakis
What America's most popular
pants tell us about the way guys think.

February 24, 1997
CRIME AND SCIENCE
Damaged
Why do some people turn into violent criminals?
New evidence suggests that it may all be in the brain.

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