Evan Ratliff

The New York Congressman has been indicted on 20 counts surrounding his time as a restaurateur. It's not the first time Grimm's business and political processes have come under investigation.

Tag Challenge is a worldwide social media manhunt taking place on March 31. Real people will act as the five thieves, and teams must use social media to track them down using nothing ...

New Yorker contributor Evan Ratliff tells about the role of confidential informants in the FBI. His article “The Mark” is in the May 2 issue of the New Yorker.

Is there a place for long-form journalism among the blogs and the tweets, the Tumblers and the YouTubes? In a world where people can get their news in 140 characters, how are deeply reported, several thousand word long articles supposed to survive? It was this very question that inspired Evan Ratliff, a freelance writer for Wired, The New Yorker, and National Geographic to create The Atavist. (Check out a promotional video after the jump.)