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Gas And Oil

Business Politics Science

Corporate Counterinsurgency

Indigenous water protectors face off with an oil company and police over a Minnesota pipeline.

Alleen Brown The Intercept Jul 2021 25min Permalink

History

The Richest Black Girl in America

When an 11-year-old Black girl in Jim Crow America discovers a seemingly worthless plot of land she has inherited is worth millions, everything in her life changes—and the walls begin to close in.

Lauren N. Henley Truly*Adventurous Feb 2021 20min Permalink

Politics

Planting the Seed

On millionaire Forrest Lucas and his propaganda machine.

Anne Helen Petersen, Ken Bensinger, Salvador Hernandez Buzzfeed Jul 2018 30min Permalink

The Beginning of the End of the World

A “reckless” fracking company, poisoned springs, and a family forced to buy water at Walmart.

Eliza Griswold The Intercept Jul 2018 20min Permalink