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Writers

Johann Hari

Arts Crime History Music

The Hunting of Billie Holiday

How the singer became the target of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics’ early, racially-motivated war on drugs. </br></br>

Excerpted from Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.

Johann Hari Politico Magazine Jan 2015 20min Permalink

World

The Dark Side of Dubai

Seized passports, debtor’s prison, and slave labor prop up a Disneyland in the desert now in decline.

Johann Hari The Independent Apr 2009 35min Permalink