To Catch a Rapist
Inside New Haven’s Special Victims Unit.
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The Strava Files
After two cycling-related deaths, the social fitness network becomes a target.
A Very Dangerous Boy
The trial of a 10-year-old who murdered his neo-Nazi father.
Concealed Carry: How Utah Became America's Gun Permit Mill
A journey through America’s convoluted gun laws.
Blood in the Sand
Investigating the murder of a Costa Rican conservationist.
On Way to Disaster, a Life of Wrong Turns
What happened before a woman killed two cyclists.
The Entrapment of Jesse Snodgrass
An undercover cop targets an autistic teen as a drug dealer.
Flesh and Blood
Why did a small-town girl have her family brutally murdered?
The Real Housewives of Wall Street
The story of $220M in bailout money.
The Killer Cadets
How two love-struck, type A high schoolers almost got away with murder.
The Straight Dope
An interview with David Simon, creator of The Wire.
Fake Pot, Real Profits
How synthetic drugs became a booming (and mostly legal) business.
Unmasking D.B. Cooper
The search for the world’s most elusive skyjacker.
The Womanizer's Wife
How Anne Sinclair stuck by Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
The Informant
Brandon Darby’s journey from revolutionary activist to FBI informant.
Care and Atonement
On a prison hospice in California.
Paintballing with Hezbollah
A clandestine meeting between Western journalists and Hezbollah fighters in a Beirut strip mall.
What’s Eating the NYPD?
The toll of being a cop on the most successful force in the country.
George Zimmerman: Prelude To a Shooting
A portrait of Trayvon Martin’s killer.
Firestarter
From prison, a member of the Earth Liberation Front tells her story.
The Kid Who Wasn't There
An investigation into the true identity of a high school basketball player.
Tech Behind Bars
What can social media do for you when you’re in the clink?
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Inside The Prison System's Illicit Digital World
Inmates technically aren’t permitted to have cell phones. But social media services are chock full of posts made from inside.
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After Years Behind Bars, Can Prisoners Re-Enter A Digital World?
Prisoners emerge not being familiar with smartphones, Spotify, and all sorts of ways that technology now governs how we live and work.
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Can Technology and Prisons Get Along?
A pilot program will allow prisoners to access an intranet on tablets they rent with their commissary accounts. Will it help?
Who Killed the Gangster’s Daughter?
The life and mysterious death of writer Susan Berman.
The Accident
An essay on a fatal car crash in the author’s youth.
Cruel and Unusual
The events leading up to the botched execution of Clayton Lockett.
