The Driest State
How morality and geography crystalize in Arkansas.
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How morality and geography crystalize in Arkansas.
Alice Driver Bitter Southerner Oct 2021 20min Permalink
She calls claiming to be Amy Pascal, Kathleen Kennedy, or some other powerful woman in entertainment. She knows personal details about her mark as well as the woman she is impersonating.
She offers work, then sends them—photographers, make-up artists, soldiers—around the world to bilk them out of modest amounts of cash.
Scott Johnson The Hollywood Reporter Jul 2018 Permalink
Compiled by Elon Green.
As Texas governor and attorney general, respectively, George W. Bush and Alberto Gonzales should have given each capital case careful consideration. The evidence suggests they did not.
Alan Berlow The Atlantic Jul 2003 15min
Cameron Todd Willingham was convicted and sentenced to die for killing his two children, a crime he almost certainly did not commit.
David Grann New Yorker Sep 2009 1h5min
What it’s like to serve on a jury in a capital case.
Alex Kotlowitz New York Times Magazine Jul 2003 35min
On an convict too young to vote but old enough to be strapped to a chair.
Tina Rosenberg Rolling Stone Oct 1995 30min
John Paul Stevens, the former Supreme Court Justice, reviews David Garland’s Peculiar Institution: America’s Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition and explains why he did a 180 on the death penalty
John Paul Stevens New York Review of Books Dec 2010 15min
On the hanging of James Murphy, murderer.
Lafcadio Hearn The Cincinnati Commercial Aug 1876 20min
Aug 1876 – Dec 2010 Permalink
The story of Tim Danielson, one of America’s top high school distance runners, who went on to murder his ex-wife.
Jeré Longman New York Times Mar 2013 20min Permalink
A profile of organizational psychologist Adam Grant, who argues that the key to success comes from helping others.
A legal battle over stolen computer monitors ends one man’s career and the lives of three others.
Brantley Hargrove Dallas Observer May 2013 20min Permalink
An investigation into shootings by U.S. Border Agents that have killed six Mexicans on Mexican soil over the past five years.
John Carlos Frey Washington Monthly May 2013 25min Permalink
A trip to a pepper-eating contest in remote India.
Mary Roach Smithsonian Jun 2013 30min Permalink
Why hundreds of Buddhist monks moved from Taiwan to Prince Edward Island, buying up thousands of acres of land in the process.
Mark Mann Maisonneuve Jun 2013 20min Permalink
After two tours in Iraq, the writer returns to a volatile region of Afghanistan as an embedded journalist.
Matt Cook Texas Monthly Jul 2013 35min Permalink
After being fired from both Nirvana and Soundgarden, Jason Everman joined the Special Forces.
Clay Tarver New York Times Magazine Jul 2013 Permalink
An interview with Joseph Stalin.
H G Wells, Joseph Stalin The New Statesman Oct 1934 50min Permalink
How CREW and MUSTIE decide what books stay in a library's circulation.
Phyllis Rose Medium May 2014 15min Permalink
Parking garages, prisons, freeways and the world of stuff we’re not supposed to look at.
Rebecca Solnit London Review of Books Jul 2004 15min Permalink
A portrait of Ben Todd, a DIY champion of the emerging music scene in Nashville.
Amanda Shapiro Spin Jun 2014 30min Permalink
“You Palestinians can never see the fucking big picture.”
Ben Birnbaum, Amir Tibon New Republic Jul 2014 40min Permalink
On Norman Maclean’s Young Men and Fire and its lingering effects on our collective imagination and environment.
Kathryn Schulz New York Sep 2014 25min Permalink
A story of regret and the contemporary art market.
Vernon Silver, James Tarmy Businessweek Oct 2014 10min Permalink
How a group of farmers came to believe that their relatives were returning from the grave.
Abigail Tucker Smithsonian Sep 2012 10h Permalink
A Javanese shrine where Muslim pilgrims seeking good fortune must peform a ritual: find a stranger, have sex with them.
Aubrey Belford The Global Mail Oct 2012 15min Permalink
Why do Ikarians live so long—and remain mentally sharp until the end?
Dan Buettner New York Times Magazine Oct 2012 25min Permalink
The story of a rookie clinging to his dream, as told by his uncle.
Charles Siebert New York Times Magazine Nov 2012 25min Permalink
On the reality TV empire of Thom Beers, creator of Deadliest Catch.
Charles Homans New York Times Magazine Dec 2012 15min Permalink
Profiles of people who live in their car after losing almost everything during the Great Recession.
Jeff Tietz Rolling Stone Jun 2012 40min Permalink
As NATO leaves, the Afghan National Army grapples with a resilient Taliban.
Luke Mogelson New York Times Magazine Jan 2013 20min Permalink