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U.S. officials constantly said they were making progress during the war in Afghanistan. They were not, and they knew it.
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U.S. officials constantly said they were making progress during the war in Afghanistan. They were not, and they knew it.
Craig Whitlock Washington Post Dec 2019 30min Permalink
On the rise of telemedicine in rural America, where the number of ER patients has surged by 60 percent in the past decade as the number of doctors and hospitals has declined by up to 15 percent.
Eli Saslow Washington Post Nov 2019 15min Permalink
In Kansas, girls didn’t have a wrestling championship. Mya Kretzer changed that.
Liz Clarke Washington Post Nov 2019 15min Permalink
Doctors are disappearing from rural America.
Eli Saslow Washington Post Sep 2019 20min Permalink
In 2007, 47 dogs were rescued from an illegal dogfighting ring organized by NFL quarterback Michael Vick. They could have been euthanized. Instead, they became family pets.
Emily Giambalvo Washington Post Sep 2019 20min Permalink
The dark secret life of The Great Zucchini, Washington D.C.’s most sought after children’s birthday party entertainer.
Gene Weingarten Washington Post Jan 2006 25min Permalink
The students swore they weren’t racists. A judge would decide their fate.
Jessica Contrera Washington Post Jul 2019 25min Permalink
A profile of the songwriter.
David Malitz Washington Post Jun 2019 15min Permalink
The University of Maryland waited 18 days to inform students of a virus on campus. That decision left vulnerable students like Olivia Paregol in the dark.
Jenn Abelson, Amy Brittain, Sarah Larimer Washington Post May 2019 30min Permalink
“I admit it,” she says, in her hotel room. “I’m a troll. I’m the queen of the fucking trolls.”
Geoff Edgers Washington Post Mar 2019 20min Permalink
Can one of the nation’s great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour?
Gene Weingarten Washington Post Apr 2007 30min Permalink
As Friday’s deadline approaches, a federal employee wonders: “How am I supposed to dig out?”
Eli Saslow Washington Post Feb 2019 20min Permalink
Veterans are taking their own lives on VA hospital campuses, a desperate form of protest against a system that they feel hasn’t helped them.
Emily Wax-Thibodeaux Washington Post Feb 2019 10min Permalink
His brother confessed to gunning down 17 people in Parkland. But he’s the only family Zach Cruz has left.
Jessica Contrera Washington Post Jan 2019 20min Permalink
The parallel lives of a KGB defector and his CIA handler.
Serge F. Kovaleski Washington Post Jan 2006 35min Permalink
As R. Kelly’s career flourished, an industry overlooked allegations of abusive behavior toward young women.
Geoff Edgers Washington Post May 2018 20min Permalink
A generation of African American heroin users is dying in the opioid epidemic nobody talks about. The nation’s capital is ground zero.
Peter Jamison Washington Post Dec 2018 Permalink
What happened next for the Barden family.
Eli Saslow Washington Post Jun 2013 25min Permalink
How lies become truth in online America.
Eli Saslow Washington Post Nov 2018 15min Permalink
Successful SoundCloud rapper. Genre-bending artist. You may or may not know Post Malone. Here are some little-known facts that will help you get to know him.
Jeff Weiss Washington Post Oct 2018 10min Permalink
Twelve years ago, Amber Wyatt reported her rape. Few believed her. Her hometown turned against her. The authorities failed her.
Elizabeth Bruenig Washington Post Sep 2018 40min Permalink
Inside the trailer park known as Little Mexico in Norwalk, Ohio in the wake of an ICE raid that separated children from their parents.
“Jeffrey Levitt stole and misappropriated a grand total of fourteen million, six hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred forty-seven dollars and fifty-eight cents. He stole all that. It was the largest single white-collar crime in Maryland history, almost bringing down the state’s entire savings and loan industry.” And it still wasn’t enough.
Tony Kornheiser Washington Post Oct 1986 25min Permalink
Scot Peterson was a beloved school resource officer in Parkland, Fla. Then a gunman opened fire and he stayed outside.
Eli Saslow Washington Post Jun 2018 20min Permalink
After school shootings, a teenager challenges the gun culture in her conservative Wyoming town.
Eli Saslow Washington Post May 2018 20min Permalink