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Paige Williams

Best Article Crime Politics

Kyle Rittenhouse, American Vigilante

After he killed two people in Kenosha, opportunists turned his case into a polarizing spectacle.

Paige Williams New Yorker Jun 2021 45min Permalink

Health

A Deadly Mistake

The wrong way to fight the opioid crisis.

Paige Williams New Yorker Feb 2020 30min Permalink

Food

The Family Business That Put Nashville Hot Chicken on the Map

An African-American-owned restaurant began making the spicy dish eighty years ago. Now it’s a viral sensation. Who’s getting the big money?

Paige Williams New Yorker Jan 2019 20min Permalink

Politics

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump’s Battering Ram

What the press secretary believes.

Paige Williams New Yorker Sep 2018 Permalink

Science

Digging for Glory

Lee Berger is unquestionably a paleoanthropologist. But is he a visionary or a hype artist?

Paige Williams New Yorker Jun 2016 35min Permalink

Arts

The Movie Star and the Missing Totem Pole

John Barrymore once had a totem pole on his Beverly Hills estate. But where did it come from?

Paige Williams New Yorker Apr 2015 25min Permalink

World

"You Have Thousands of Angels Around You"

A refugee survives the Rwandan genocide and finds a future in Atlanta.

Paige Williams Atlanta Magazine Oct 2007 40min Permalink

Crime

Double Jeopardy

A jury recommends life in prison; the judged orders a death sentence.

Paige Williams New Yorker Nov 2014 35min Permalink

"We Thought the Sun Would Always Shine on Our Lives"

In 1987, a terrible accident kills five Ole Miss sorority members. The author catches up with her Chi Omega sisters who survived.

Paige Williams O Magazine May 2012 Permalink

Best Article Reprints Crime

The Accused

A survivor’s frightening account.

Paige Williams Atlanta Magazine Jan 2000 20min Permalink