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Huffington Post

Media

Inside the One-Man Intelligence Unit That Exposed the Secrets and Atrocities of Syria's War

A profile of Eliot Higgins, whose blog, Brown Moses, has become required reading at intelligence agencies, human rights organizations, and news outlets around the world.

Bianca Bosker Huffington Post Nov 2013 20min Permalink

Health

Sandra Bland Died One Year Ago

On the epidemic of deaths in jails.

Dana Liebelson, Ryan J. Reilly Huffington Post Jul 2016 15min Permalink

Politics Religion

The Army of Prayer Warriors Fighting Trump’s Impeachment

As the Senate takes up his impeachment trial, white Christian evangelicals remain firmly in the president’s corner.

Sarah Posner Huffington Post Dec 2019 Permalink

Media

Death of a Freelancer

On the death of a young reporter named Christopher Allen and the state of conflict journalism.

Charlotte Alfred Huffington Post Dec 2019 25min Permalink

Media

The Fall of Mic Was a Warning

Lessons from the death of a venture-backed, Facebook-dependent, millennial-focused news site.

Maxwell Strachan Huffington Post Jul 2019 30min Permalink

Tech

Jack Dorsey Has No Clue What He Wants

A Q&A with Twitter’s CEO on right-wing extremism, Candace Owens, and what he’d do if the president called on his followers to murder journalists.

Ashley Feinberg Huffington Post Jan 2019 20min Permalink

I Was a Cable Guy. I Saw the Worst of America.

A glimpse of life on the suburban road, featuring Russian mobsters, Fox News rage addicts, a caged man in a sex dungeon, and Dick Cheney.

Lauren Hough Huffington Post Dec 2018 25min Permalink

Business

Generation Screwed

Millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since the Great Depression.

Michael Hobbes Huffington Post Dec 2017 40min Permalink

And So Jedidiah Brown Gave All of Himself to the City He Loved

A profile of a young activist in Chicago who almost committed suicide on Facebook Live.

Ben Austen Huffington Post Sep 2017 35min Permalink

Crime

The Super Predators

Why domestic violence is even worse if the abuser is a cop.

Melissa Jeltsen, Dana Liebelson Huffington Post Jun 2017 35min Permalink

Health

Together Alone

Why didn’t gay rights cure gay loneliness?

Michael Hobbes Huffington Post Mar 2017 25min Permalink

Food Health

Revenge of the Lunch Lady

How an unassuming bureaucrat outsmarted Jamie Oliver and pulled off a cafeteria miracle in one of America’s unhealthiest cities.

Jane Black Huffington Post Feb 2017 25min Permalink

Business World

The 21st Century Gold Rush

How the refugee crisis has made a lot of people very, very rich.

Malia Politzer, Emily Kassie Huffington Post Dec 2016 Permalink

Business Sports

Hooked for Life

“Oh my God, the NFL is using every trick in the book to market to kids.”

George Dohrmann Huffington Post Dec 2016 Permalink

Politics

The Future of America Is Being Written in This Tiny Office

On Hillary Clinton’s policy team.

Jonathan Cohn Huffington Post Sep 2016 20min Permalink

Crime

Meet the Ungers

Thanks to a single court case, the state of Maryland is releasing almost 150 violent offenders who believed they would spend their life behind bars.

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Previously: Jason Fagone on the Longform Podcast

Jason Fagone Huffington Post May 2016 30min Permalink

World Religion

Mothers of ISIS

The stories of four women whose children joined the Islamic State.

Julia Ioffe Huffington Post Aug 2015 35min Permalink

Business World

The Myth of the Ethical Shopper

When it comes to sweatshops and child labor, your $7 H&M gym shorts aren’t really the problem (or the solution).

Michael Hobbes Huffington Post Jul 2015 20min Permalink

Crime History Religion

Buried in Baltimore

Decades after a young nun was murdered, a group of former Catholic high school students begin to suspect that an abusive priest may have been the culprit.

Laura Bassett Huffington Post May 2015 30min Permalink

How a Traveling Consultant Helps America Hide the Homeless

Robert Marbut is in the business of helping cities criminalize homelessness.

Arthur Delaney Huffington Post Mar 2015 20min Permalink

Science

Dying To Be Free

Twelve-step programs treat alcohol and drugs according to the same principles. But heroin changes the way the brain works. If there’s a medication that treats heroin addiction, why aren’t we using it?

Jason Cherkis Huffington Post Jan 2015 1h30min Permalink

Crime

Leslie Van Houten: A Friendship

The filmmaker on his relationship with former Manson Family member, currently serving a life sentence for murder. An excerpt from Role Models.

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John Waters Huffington Post Aug 2009 1h Permalink