The Prosecutor and the Snitch
In 2004, Cameron Todd Willingham was executed for starting a fire that killed his three daughters. The case hinged on the testimony of a jailhouse informant named Johnny E. Webb. Today, Webb says he lied.
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The Longform Guide to High School
From football fields in Texas to the real Ridgemont High, a collection of picks to help remember a time you might rather forget.
Rolf Potts is a veteran travel writer.
"Instead of seeking out the stories, the stories sort of found me. I miss those days. I mean, I make more money from my writing now and I'm probably a better journalist. But having seven-day weeks to wander, month after month, for two years, was a great way to find real and spontaneous and human travel stories."</i>
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The Longform Guide to Animal Attacks
From grizzlies in Alaska to whales at SeaWorld, a collection stories of animals turning on humans.
The Longform Guide to Disease
Cancer, AIDS and weaponized smallpox—a collection of the best articles about disease.
The Longform Guide to Sea Creatures
Keiko, Nessie, and giant squids: a collection of picks on animals from the deep.
The Longform Guide to the CIA
Operations gone wrong, how the media covered for spies, and the story that became Argo — a collection of our favorite articles about the CIA.
2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners and Finalists
Feature Writing, Investigative Reporting, Explanatory Reporting, National Reporting and Local Reporting — a full list of the winners and finalists announced today.
Longform Guide to the Brain
Experimental neuroscience, conjoined minds, and everlasting consciousness — a collection of picks on the human brain.
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We Are All Witnesses
The private grief of Samaria Rice, twenty months after her son Tamir was killed.
“Don’t forget. You see all these protests. That’s good. You see this whole movement. That’s good. You see all these different people with all these different agendas. You see celebrities making speeches. But underneath it all there’s somebody like me with a dead son.”
Andre Ward Fights To Avoid A Boxer's Bad Ending
With the biggest bout of his career looming, Andre Ward — who some consider the world’s best boxer — opens up about his family and his faith.
Vanish
“I shared my plans with no one, not my girlfriend, not my parents, not my closest friends. Nobody knew the route I was taking out of town, where I was going, or my new name. If I got caught, it would be by my own mistakes.” A writer’s attempt to disappear for a month with a $5,000 bounty on his head.
The Early David Letterman 1967-1980
“Every Sunday at my house … we watched The Ed Sullivan Show…. Whether we enjoyed it or not. That was my first lesson in show business. I don’t think anybody in the house particularly enjoyed it. We just watched it. Maybe that’s the purpose of television. You just turn it on and watch it whether you want to or not.”
On Seeing a Sex Surrogate
In 1983, I wrote an article about sex and disabled people. In interviewing sexually active men and women, I felt removed, as though I were an anthropologist interviewing headhunters while endeavoring to maintain the value-neutral stance of a social scientist. Being disabled myself, but also being a virgin, I envied these people ferociously
Unholy Act
Decades after the body of beauty queen Irene Garza was pulled from an irrigation canal, there is still only one suspect: John Feit, the priest who heard her final confession.
Girls at War
On a group of teenage believers raised in settlements on the West Bank:
They say it takes one generation to found a new language. These girls are a new language, believing that they belong to the land on which they were born, and sponsored by the government they despise, which pays for their roads and electricity.
What the World Got Wrong About Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
‘‘Just imagine what it was like to be him,’’ Walton added. ‘‘It was 50 years of him being 18 inches taller than everyone and having the brain that he had. Imagine being this jazz head coming up during black power. This is just a dude who has a different head.’’
Up With Grups*
The ascendant breed of grown-ups who are redefining adulthood.
This is an obituary for the generation gap. It is a story about 40-year-old men and women who look, talk, act, and dress like people who are 22 years old. It’s not about a fad but about a phenomenon that looks to be permanent.
"You Get On The Internet And Pretty Soon You’re Drunk"
Inside the ultra-Orthodox Jewish rally at Citi Field to discuss the dangers of the internet:
A man in a black fur hat asked him what, exactly, was an app, and he explained it to him. The man grimaced and walked away.
Tourist Snapshots
“I turned to see Eva padding around the room, naked, dipping a small plastic wand into the bottle of bubble soap she’d bought at the market… Sometime in the far future, when I was lying on my deathbed, I said, this was the moment I wanted to remember.”
On the relationship between travel and photography.
The Longform Guide to Write-Arounds
A collection of profiles whose subjects—Frank Sinatra, Axl Rose, Matt Drudge, and more—wouldn’t cooperate with the writer. New at Slate.
A Father’s Pain, a Judge’s Duty, and a Justice Beyond Their Reach
Paul Wayment made a profound mistake, left his 2-year-old son alone in his truck as he tracked deer in the wilderness. The boy was gone when he returned. The story of a collective struggle to find a just punishment.
Is There a Smarter Way to Think About Sexual Assault on Campus?
A team of researchers at Columbia believe that small changes to college life could make campuses safer.
