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Mosi Secret

‘The Way to Survive It Was to Make A’s’

They were the first black boys to integrate the South’s elite prep schools. They drove themselves to excel in an unfamiliar environment. But at what cost?

Mosi Secret New York Times Magazine Sep 2017 30min Permalink

On the Brink in Brownsville

Shamir is 15, bored and broke and balancing right on the edge.

Mosi Secret New York Times Magazine May 2014 20min Permalink

Crime

Fallen Dean’s Life, Contradictory to Its Grisly End

A prolific fundraiser and dean at St. John’s University, Cecilia Chang was also accused of murdering her husband and had connections to organized crime. Two days after she was convicted of stealing more than $1 million from the schoool, she took her own life.

William K. Rashbaum, Wendy Ruderman, Mosi Secret New York Times Dec 2012 Permalink

The Real CSI

A year-long investigation of America’s coroners and medical examiners reveals a deeply flawed, deeply troubling system.

A.C. Thompson, Lowell Bergman, Mosi Secret, Sandra Bartlett ProPublica Feb 2011 20min Permalink