2013 saw fantastic coverage of the NSA leaks, Silicon Valley’s larger aspirations to change the world, DNA testing, and much more, and many publications continued pushing the boundaries of movement, video, illustration, and design. And so as 2013 draws to a close, we’re taking a look back at the stories, profiles, and characters that stayed with us: we’ve narrowed it down to 25 essential reads from Grantland, Mother Jones, domus, The London Review of Books, The Awl, Fast Company, and many more. Vanity Fair: Michael Lewis – Did Goldman Sachs Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Programmer? His first guess was that they’d gotten him mixed up with some other Sergey Aleynikov.