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Benjamin Wallace-Wells

Best Article Crime World

How America Lost the War on Drugs

An anatomy of a failure.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells Rolling Stone Dec 2007 1h Permalink

Media

The Hard Truths of Ta-Nehisi Coates

On the modern era’s answer to James Baldwin.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells New York Jul 2015 25min Permalink

Tech

Drones and Everything After

What happens when humans get superpowers.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells New York Oct 2014 25min Permalink

Crime

The Plot From Solitary

How four prisoners in solitary confinement launched the largest hunger strike in American history.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells New York Feb 2014 30min Permalink

Politics

The Truly Paranoid Style in American Politics

A tour of our greatest conspiracy theories.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells New York Nov 2013 Permalink

Best Article Politics Religion

Them and Them

In Ramapo, New York, the immigrant community and the growing population of Hasidic Jews had eyed each increasing wariness for years. Then the Hasidim took over the public schools, schools their children do not attend, and proceeded to gut them.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells New York Apr 2013 25min Permalink

Best Article Crime Politics

The Truce on Drugs

In Colorado and beyond, a negotiated surrender in the war on drugs.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells New York Nov 2012 30min Permalink