
The Bulger Mystique
A four-part investigation of brothers William and James ‘Whitey’ Bulger. One was president of the Massachusetts Senate for 17 years. The other was on the lam for 16 years before being captured.
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A four-part investigation of brothers William and James ‘Whitey’ Bulger. One was president of the Massachusetts Senate for 17 years. The other was on the lam for 16 years before being captured.
Christine Chinlund, Dick Lehr, Kevin Cullen The Boston Globe Sep 1998 1h15min Permalink
How Aja Newman’s trip to the emergency room uncovered the abusive behavior of “rock star” physician David Newman, who ultimately pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual abuse against his patients.
Lisa Miller The Cut Oct 2019 30min Permalink
After 20 years of long-distance competition, I ran my fastest. All it took was tech, training, and a new understanding of my life.
Nicholas Thompson Wired Apr 2020 30min Permalink
A profile of Little Richard in the last years of his life, confined to a wheelchair and living in the penthouse suite at the Hilton in downtown Nashville.
David Ramsey Oxford American Dec 2015 10min Permalink
Interviews, documents and jailhouse recordings reveal a clearer picture of the life and death of the 26-year-old emergency room technician.
Rukmini Callimachi New York Times Aug 2020 25min Permalink
Two men died of meth overdoses at the home of a West Hollywood political donor. Dark conspiracy theories abounded— but the truth is even darker
Jesse Barron New York Times Magazine Sep 2020 35min Permalink
Against all odds, it really was a refuge of competence, normalcy and transcendent play. But the outside world has a way of sneaking in.
Sam Anderson New York Times Magazine Sep 2020 20min Permalink
Data is the lifeblood of a functioning government. Over the past four years, the Trump administration has destroyed, disappeared, or distorted vast swaths of the information the state needs to protect the vulnerable, safeguard our health, and alert us to emerging crises.
Samanth Subramanian Huffington Post Highline Oct 2020 50min Permalink
An interview with rapper Drakeo the Ruler after he was released from prison, having previously faced the possibility of 25 to life despite being previously acquitted of murder charges related to a 2016 killing.
Jeff Weiss The Ringer Nov 2020 Permalink
As the New York head of a celebrity-favorite megachurch, Carl Lentz achieved stardom. But when a cheating scandal blew up the pastor’s life, congregants were left to question their relationship with a church that cultivated its own kind of fame.
Alex French, Dan Adler Vanity Fair Feb 2021 30min Permalink
Nick Lim provides tech support to the U.S. networks of White nationalists and conspiracy theorists banned by the likes of Amazon.
William Turton, Joshua Brustein Bloomberg Businessweek Apr 2021 10min Permalink
Chicago’s predictive policing program told a man he would be involved with a shooting, but it couldn’t determine which side of the gun he would be on. Instead, it made him the victim of a violent crime.
Matt Stroud The Verge May 2021 20min Permalink
The writer of a contentious piece of science fiction, “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter,” drew the internet’s ire. Now she tells her story.
Emily VanDerWerff Vox Jun 2021 25min Permalink
Buyers from all over America—some of whom had never heard of the Illinois town—came searching for wealth amid the Rust Belt ruins.
Greg Jaffe The Washington Post Aug 2021 30min Permalink
If you’re one of four million Ahmadis in Pakistan, posting on Facebook can mean exposing yourself to danger.
Alizeh Kohari Rest of World Aug 2021 20min Permalink
A lifetime of brutal injuries and misfortune robbed the world-renowned pianist João Carlos Martins of the ability to play his instrument. And then along came an eccentric designer and his bionic gloves.
Gabriella Paiella GQ Oct 2021 20min Permalink
An examination of Brazil’s immense tannery industry shows how hides from illegally deforested ranches can easily reach the global marketplace. In the United States, much of the demand for Brazilian leather comes from automakers.
Manuela Andreoni, Hiroko Tabuchi, Albert Sun New York Times Nov 2021 15min Permalink
With her new book, the model tries to escape the oppressions of the male gaze. So our writer is keeping some of her secrets.
Andrea Long Chu New York Times Magazine Nov 2021 30min Permalink
Sarah Stillman is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the director of the Global Migration Program at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She won the George Polk Award for "The Migrant Workers Who Follow Climate Disasters."
“I’m all about the Venn diagram where the individual meaningful stories of things people are up against intersect with the big systemic injustice issues of our day. It feels like climate is clearly an enormous domain where it’s been hard in some ways to tell substantive stories of where actual human beings are navigating and pushing back on some of these huge cultural forces.”
This is the latest in a week-long series of conversations with winners of this year's George Polk Awards in Journalism.
Apr 2022 Permalink
“In the recent history of American music, there’s no figure parallel to Lehrer in his effortless ascent to fame, his trajectory into the heart of the culture — and then his quiet, amiable, inexplicable departure.”
Ben Smith, Anita Badejo Buzzfeed Apr 2014 20min Permalink
“Which is how, despite the drinking, the stealing, the racist outburst, the abysmal courtroom performance, the disbarment, and the ultimate imprisonment of his lead attorney, an intellectually disabled man has ended up on the verge of execution.”
Marc Bookman Mother Jones Apr 2014 20min Permalink
A profile of Uruguay President José Mujica, a former revolutionary who’s been shot six times, was imprisoned for 14 years and, since taking office, has shunned the presidential mansion in favor of a small farm while legalizing gay marriage, abortion and marijuana.
Krishna Andavolu Vice May 2014 15min Permalink
Ervil LeBaron, the Mormon Manson, terrorized Mexico’s Mormon compounds, ordering the killing of enemies and relatives alike. Even after he was captured, followers continued treat the “Hit List” he left behind as the word of God.
The former chancellor of New York City schools was not, in fact, “a child of the streets. He was not an academically unmotivated student. He did not come from a deprived family background. He did not grow up in public housing as we understand it today.”
Richard Rothstein The American Prospect Nov 2012 15min Permalink
How John Kiriakou, a public opponent of US torture policy, became the first CIA officer convicted of leaking classified information to the press.
Scott Shane New York Times Jan 2013 15min Permalink