The Journalist vs. the President, With Life on The Line
Maria Ressa, editor of a popular news site in the Philippines, has incurred President Duterte and his supporters’ wrath by investigating his extrajudicial killing campaign.
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Maria Ressa, editor of a popular news site in the Philippines, has incurred President Duterte and his supporters’ wrath by investigating his extrajudicial killing campaign.
Joshua Hammer New York Times Magazine Oct 2019 20min Permalink
Faith Hope Consolo had the entire press fooled, including us. Then a message came in.
Julie Satow New York Times Jan 2020 15min Permalink
Hundreds of thousands of single-family homes are now in the hands of giant companies—squeezing renters for revenue and putting the American dream even further out of reach.
Francesca Mari New York Times Magazine Mar 2020 40min Permalink
The grocer started communicating with Chinese counterparts in January and was running tabletop simulations a few weeks later. (But nothing prepared it for the rush on toilet paper.)
Dan Solomon, Paula Forbes Texas Monthly Mar 2020 20min Permalink
Emily Rostkowski is an oncology nurse and cancer survivor herself. But now, like so many other healthcare workers, she spends her days in the center of the coronavirus storm.
Erika Hayasaki Marie Claire Apr 2020 15min Permalink
Wuhan-based virologist Shi Zhengli has identified dozens of deadly SARS-like viruses in bat caves, and she warns there are more out there
Jane Qiu Scientific American Apr 2020 30min Permalink
Black women have been telling the truth about America for a long time. As a Black woman in journalism, my obligation is no less than that.
In 1990, there was no star bigger than the man born Robert Van Winkle. But just as quickly as he became the bestselling rapper the world had ever seen, he became a pariah.
Jeff Weiss The Ringer Oct 2020 40min Permalink
In Georgia, what happened when a ‘nice guy’ named Kevin Van Ausdal ran for Congress against a candidate known for her support of extremist conspiracy theories.
Stephanie McCrummen Washington Post Oct 2020 20min Permalink
Years from now, we will look back in horror at the counterproductive ways we addressed the obesity epidemic and the barbaric ways we treated fat people—long after we knew there was a better path.
Michael Hobbes Huffington Post Highline Sep 2018 30min Permalink
Anand Patwardhan spent decades tracking the rise of Hindu nationalism. And now, under an increasingly repressive government, he holds his screenings in secret.
Abhrajyoti Chakraborty New York Times Nov 2020 25min Permalink
On the Capitol assault.
Some people may treat the appearance of a Confederate flag as another bit of absurdity, but I’ve never had the luxury of taking it in any way other than literally and seriously.
Blair McClendon n+1 Jan 2021 10min Permalink
The BBL is the fastest growing cosmetic surgery in the world, despite the mounting number of deaths resulting from the procedure. What is driving its astonishing rise?
Sophie Elmhirst Guardian Feb 2021 25min Permalink
Two women gave birth on the same day in a place called Come By Chance. They didn’t know each other, and never would. Half a century later, their children made a shocking discovery.
Lindsay Jones The Atavist Magazine Apr 2021 40min Permalink
He was a shining star of a tight-knit group of rising Black male models in London. Why did he die at the hands of another model?
Alexis Okeowo New York Times Magazine Apr 2021 20min Permalink
Jeffrey Fang was a ride-hailing legend, a top earner with relentless hustle. Then his minivan was carjacked—with his kids in the back seat.
Lauren Smiley Wired Jun 2021 35min Permalink
The postscript to a miracle.
Jeanne Marie Laskas GQ Jul 2014 35min Permalink
“They thought they were going to change the world,” he says of the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project volunteers. “They didn’t expect that white folks would be so vicious.”
Eric Moskowitz Boston Globe Aug 2014 30min Permalink
Don Van Natta Jr., a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, writes for ESPN and is the author of several books, including Wonder Girl.
"The nature of the kind of work I do as an investigative reporter, every story you do is going to get attacked and the tires are going to get kicked. It’s going to get scrutinized down to every phrase and down to every letter. You have to have multiple sources for key facts on this type of story. We set out to get that and we got it."
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When American and Iraqi soldiers were exposed to leftover chemical munitions from Saddam Hussein’s war against Iran, the Pentagon kept silent.
C.J. Chivers The New York Times Oct 2014 Permalink
“The squirrels may take my tomatoes and spit them back, but they would not go unanswered. The time had come to close the circle of life.”
Mike Sula Chicago Reader Aug 2012 Permalink
Why people stampede, and what can be done to prevent “crowd disasters.”
John Seabrook New Yorker Feb 2011 25min Permalink
Welcome to World of Wonder, the Hollywood production company that celebrates “outsiders, 16th-minute celebrities, conspiracy theorists, penis puppeteers, dictators, street hustlers, porn stars, hackers, homicidal club kids, gender deviants, furries, plushies, and Tori Spelling.”
Natasha Vargas-Cooper Out Feb 2013 15min Permalink
When a 26-year-old Chinese entrepreneur pulled over to answer a text message he was carjacked by Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. This is what happened that night and how he escaped.
Eric Moskowitz The Boston Globe Apr 2013 10min Permalink
An interview with the literary agent about the state of the book industry and how, at least for him, it continues to be quite lucrative.
Laura Bennett The New Republic Oct 2013 10min Permalink