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Massacre

The CIA's Afghan Death Squads

A U.S.-backed militia that kills children may be America’s exit strategy from its longest war.

Andrew Quilty The Intercept Dec 2020 40min Permalink

Crime History

Where the Bodies Are Buried

In 1910, East Texas saw one of America’s deadliest post-Reconstruction racial purges. One survivor’s descendants have waged an uphill battle for generations to unearth that violent past.

Michael Barajas Texas Observer Jul 2019 20min Permalink

Best Article Crime World

The Disappeared

The story of September 26, 2014, the day 43 Mexican students went missing.

John Gibler California Sunday Dec 2014 Permalink

World

These Are The Families Left To Reclaim Garissa's Dead

The process of claiming a loved one’s body after a massacre at a Kenyan university.

Jina Moore Buzzfeed Apr 2015 15min Permalink

Science World

The Science of Hatred

A Bosnian social psychologist who studies guilt and responsibility in the collective memory (and denial) of Sreberbica, which is “among the most scientifically documented mass killings in history.”

Tom Bartlett The Chronicle of Higher Education Nov 2013 25min Permalink

Best Article Crime

"Is he coming? Is he? Oh God, I think he is."

The story of the Norway massacre, as told by the survivors.

Sean Flynn GQ Aug 2012 40min Permalink

World

Lieutenant Accused of Murdering 109 Civilians

Revealing the murder of 109 Vietnamese civilians during a 1968 search-and-destroy mission on a rumored Viet Gong stronghold, often referred to in military circles as Pinkville, actually the village of My Lai.

Seymour Hersh The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Nov 1969 20min Permalink

History

Neighbors

In 1941, hundreds of Jedwabne’s Jews were massacred by their neighbors.

Jan T. Gross New Yorker Mar 2001 35min Permalink

At Home, Asking How ‘Our Bobby’ Became War Crime Suspect

From a small Ohio town to Afghanistan, a portrait of the perpetrator of a massacre.

James Dao New York Times Mar 2012 10min Permalink