The Search for the Lost Marines of Tarawa
Seventy years after three of the bloodiest days in U.S. history, the battle continues to bring the missing men home.
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Seventy years after three of the bloodiest days in U.S. history, the battle continues to bring the missing men home.
Wil S. Hylton New York Times Magazine Nov 2013 20min Permalink
An investigation into the steady dismantling of safety nets for injured workers.
Michael Grabell, Howard Berkes ProPublica Mar 2015 25min Permalink
The drugs did not entirely deliver on their promise of anxiety reduction.
Conor Creighton Vice Mar 2015 15min Permalink
An email dialogue between David Gates and Jonathan Lethem on writing fiction in the age of online experiences.
David Gates, Jonathan Lethem PEN America Jun 2010 15min Permalink
How the bulk of the cocaine entering the U.S. ends up cut with a cattle dewormer.
Brendan Kiley The Stranger Aug 2010 15min Permalink
Alaska brims with stories of people who vanish and are given up for dead. Once in a while, the dead return.
Alex Tizon The Atlantic Mar 2016 25min Permalink
Overcrowding in prisons leads to doubling up inmates in solitary confinement, regardless of their homicidal intentions or mental health.
Christie Thompson, Joe Shapiro The Marshall Project Mar 2016 20min Permalink
What increased tourism means for the people of the Northwest Passage.
Eva Holland Pacific Standard May 2016 20min Permalink
Centuries later, the Flemish master’s works are still open to interpretation.
Ingrid D. Rowland The New York Review of Books Aug 2016 15min Permalink
The story of Martin McNally, who hijacked a plane in 1972. Among other crimes.
Danny Wicentowski Riverfront Times Jan 2017 Permalink
The story of a school shooting in Townville, S.C. and what happened to the first-graders who saw it all happen.
John Woodrow Cox Washington Post Jun 2017 20min Permalink
The story of a Pacific Palisades con man named Jeffrey Lash.
Scott Johnson The Hollywood Reporter Sep 2017 25min Permalink
Inside the big and not especially scientific business of lavender and frankincense.
Rachel Monroe New Yorker Oct 2017 Permalink
A profile of the goat-herding nationalist intellectual who is leading a movement.
James Angelos New York Times Magazine Oct 2017 25min Permalink
“I never got any help, any kind of therapy. I never told anyone.”
Junot Díaz New Yorker Apr 2018 20min Permalink
It’s worse than you thought.
Patrick Redford Deadspin Apr 2018 30min Permalink
On the cusp of delivery, a mother-to-be recounts the anxiety-laden path to parenthood.
Laura Turner Catapult May 2018 15min Permalink
One of the world’s most hazardous jobs is known for its intense pressure.
Jen Banbury Atlas Obscura May 2018 20min Permalink
A “reckless” fracking company, poisoned springs, and a family forced to buy water at Walmart.
Eliza Griswold The Intercept Jul 2018 20min Permalink
Nannies and housecleaners have some of the hardest, least secure jobs in the nation. Now they’re organizing to change that.
Lauren Hilgers New York Times Magazine Feb 2019 20min Permalink
Ignoring warning signs of misconduct, Baltimore Police praised — and promoted — a Gun Trace Task Force leader.
Justin Fenton The Baltimore Sun Jun 2019 25min Permalink
An upstart football league goes horribly awry during its first season,.
Seth Wickersham, Michael Rothstein ESPN Jun 2019 35min Permalink
A mid-boom critique of New York City’s high-priced, mostly glass condo buildings.
A. A. Gill Vanity Fair Oct 2006 10min Permalink
Glory isn’t part of the deal when you go to work for the federal government.
Michael Lewis Bloomberg Opinion Oct 2019 20min Permalink
How the tiny town of Roundup, Montana became a hub in Amazon’s supply chain.
Josh Dzieza The Verge Nov 2019 15min Permalink