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Enbridge, Inc. spilled more than a million gallons of tar sands crude into the Kalamazoo River. Was John Bolenbaugh fired for refusing to cover this up?
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Enbridge, Inc. spilled more than a million gallons of tar sands crude into the Kalamazoo River. Was John Bolenbaugh fired for refusing to cover this up?
Ted Genoways OnEarth Apr 2012 55min Permalink
How J.C. Penney gamed Google and became the top result for searches on everything from “area rugs” to “skinny jeans.”
David Segal New York Times Feb 2011 Permalink
“Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency. I’m one of them.”
Neal Gabler The Atlantic Apr 2016 25min Permalink
Two bodies wash up in Northern Europe, wearing identical wetsuits. The search for their identities leads authorities to a camp in Calais.
Anders Fjellberg, Tomm W. Christiansen Dagbladet Jun 2015 40min Permalink
Dolphins may have the capacity for mourning, and elephants sometimes bury their dead.
Tim Flannery New York Review of Books Oct 2015 15min Permalink
A father’s search for meaning and justice five years after his son was killed during the Tahrir Square uprising.
Jared Maslin Time Jan 2016 15min Permalink
A case of mistaken identity leads to the prosecution of an ordinary Eritrean for human smuggling.
Ben Taub New Yorker Jul 2017 20min Permalink
Haley downloaded the app for fun. Now millions of people watch her videos.
Rebecca Jennings Vox Oct 2019 25min Permalink
For 50 years, Enthusiastic Sobriety programs have promised to help teenagers kick drug and alcohol addiction. But former followers say ES doesn’t save lives—it destroys them.
Daniel Kolitz The Atavist Jul 2021 Permalink
Wikipedia's legendary sex illustrator, the mysterious L'Wren Scott and an old friend confronts Stephen Glass — the most read articles this week in the new Longform App, available free for iPhone and iPad.
The story and work of Seedfeeder.
Sixteen years after he was exposed as the most fraudulent journalist of his generation, Stephen Glass is confronted by an old friend.
Hanna Rosin The New Republic 25min
How do you start closing the gap between rich and poor? Convince the rich to do it themselves.
L’Wren Scott went from bullied Mormon teen to international model to Hollywood stylist to fashion designer, becoming Mick Jagger’s girlfriend in the process. In March, she took her own life.
Phoebe Eaton GQ (UK) 30min
An investigation into sexual abuse in youth sports, with a focus on USA Swimming.
Rachel Sturtz Outside 10min
An adventure on an Alaskan glacier with a new best friend.
In the face of death threats, a forensic anthropologist has spent two decades exhuming the victims of a “dirty” civil war. Now his work might help bring justice for their murders.
Maggie Jones New York Times Magazine Jun 2016 10min Permalink
When Larycia Hawkins, the first black woman to receive tenure at Wheaton College, made a symbolic gesture of support for Muslims, the evangelical college became divided over what intellectual freedom on its campus really meant.
Ruth Graham New York Times Magazine Oct 2016 25min Permalink
After watching his father Sandy abuse his paralyzed former-jockey mother for years, Mat Crichton committed murder. Nearly the entire local farming community rallied in support of him.
Jana G. Pruden The Edmonton Journal Mar 2013 Permalink
An interview with the artchitects responsible for Stuttgart’s train station, Hamburg’s concert house and Berlin’s airport, three projects “currently competing to be seen as the country’s most disastrous.”
Der Spiegel Jun 2013 Permalink
Somaly Mam’s harrowing story of her own flight from sexual servitude and the stories of hundreds of girls she rescued from Cambodian brothels brought her fame and helped raise millions for her non-profit. Does it matter if none or few of the stories are true?
Simon Marks Newsweek May 2014 Permalink
In March 1971, John and Bonnie Raines broke into an FBI office, stealing documents that revealed that the government was spying on its own citizens. Today, they’re hailed as heroes. Is this what the future holds for Edward Snowden?
Steve Volk Philadelphia Magazine Jan 2015 20min Permalink
Money from relatives abroad, the lifeline for many Afghani’s, moves primarily through small hawala</em exchanges, which shift currency through cellphones, fax lines, and trust. When money moves in Afghanistan, however, connections to the heroin trade and terrorist groups are never far.
Kara Platoni East Bay Express Oct 2003 25min Permalink
Women’s recruitment into elite commandos, formed in response to post-9/11 terrorism, was not driven by a desire for diversity in the workplace, but by the need to conduct raids and arrest militants without alienating local communities.
Nazish Brohi Guernica Dec 2018 20min Permalink
When deep sea diver Dave Shaw reached the bottom of Bushman’s Hole, he discovered the body of Deon Dreyer. Though Dreyer had been gone for 10 years, Shaw was determined to bring him back.
Tim Zimmermann Outside Aug 2005 40min Permalink
The Charleston Gazette-Mail, known for its dogged accountability journalism, survived a merger and bankruptcy. Will it survive a new owner with ties to the very industries its reporters have been watchdogging?
Brent Cunningham Pacific Standard Jul 2019 25min 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
In 2019, President Trump pardoned Army Lieutenant Clint Lorance, who was serving a 20-year sentence for ordering the murder of two Afghan civilians.
To Lorance’s defenders, the act was long overdue. To members of his platoon, it was a gross miscarriage of justice.
Nathaniel Penn California Sunday Sep 2020 1h20min Permalink
Jorge and Carmen Barahona are awaiting trial. Both are charged with murder. The Department of Children & Families, which received numerous calls about Nubia to its child abuse hot line but did not protect her, has been flagellated for failure to do its job. That is the story of Nubia Barahona’s death. This — from voluminous court records, audio recordings, hundreds of family photos released by prosecutors, interviews and DCF documents — is the story of her life.
Diana Moskovitz The Miami Herald Feb 2012 20min Permalink
He was an 18 year old Marine bound for Iraq. She was a high school senior in West Virginia. They grew intimate over IM. His dad also started contacting her. No one was who they claimed to be and it led to a murder.
Nadya Labi Wired Aug 2007 15min Permalink