Die Trying
A college student accused a powerful man of rape. Then she became a suspect.
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A college student accused a powerful man of rape. Then she became a suspect.
Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Jun 2017 20min Permalink
North Idaho has become one of the most desirable places in the West for conservatives to relocate. So why is the local Republican party tearing itself apart?
Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Oct 2017 35min Permalink
Studios want to hire kids with genuine depth, but the system in place to protect child actors isn’t equipped if their lives go perilously downhill.
Adam B. Vary Buzzfeed May 2018 Permalink
The reality of Silicon Valley is that it’s commerce by any means necessary. And the reality of Sandberg is that she’s excellent at it.
Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Dec 2018 25min Permalink
Jubilee Baptist is a quasi-socialist, anti-racist, LGBTQ-affirming church conducting a bold experiment: focusing on debt, work, and freedom from oppression instead of fear and moralism.
Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Dec 2019 35min Permalink
Our economy is built on Americans of all class levels buying things. What happens when the ability—and desire—to do so goes away?
Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed May 2020 25min Permalink
The Michigan kidnapping case is a major test for the Biden administration’s commitment to fighting domestic terrorism—and a crucible for the fierce ideological divisions pulling the country apart.
Ken Bensigner, Jessica Garrison Buzzfeed Jul 2021 40min Permalink
“It was creepy to wake up violently in the middle of the night. It was creepier when no one could tell me why it was happening.”
Doree Shafrir Buzzfeed Sep 2012 30min Permalink
Cycles of boom and bust in the drilling town of Williston, N.D., as seen from the perspective of an itinerant dancer filling one of three slots at the only strip club in town, Whispers.
Susan Elizabeth Shepard Buzzfeed Jul 2013 30min Permalink
For immigrants from Muslim-majority countries, applications for visas, asylum, green cards, and naturalization can take decades. Unless you’re willing to be an informant for the FBI.
Talal Ansari, Siraj Datoo Buzzfeed Jan 2016 15min Permalink
In the ’90s, a gynecologist named Gao Yaojie exposed an AIDS epidemic in rural China and the ensuing government cover-up. Forced to leave, she’s now 85 and living alone in New York.
Kathleen McLaughlin Buzzfeed Dec 2013 20min Permalink
“After college, as my friends left Michigan for better opportunities, I was determined to help fix this broken, chaotic city by building my own home in the middle of it. I was 23 years old.”
Drew Philp Buzzfeed Jan 2014 25min Permalink
“None of this should have ever happened. It makes absolutely no sense at all. It’s truly crazy.”
Matt Stopera Buzzfeed Mar 2015 20min Permalink
At Nancy Reagan’s memorial, Hillary Clinton praised her fellow former first lady for “starting a national conversation” about AIDS. That is not how everyone remembers it.
Chris Geidner Buzzfeed Feb 2015 20min Permalink
After decades at the fringe, conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones helped usher a president into office. Now, the only person standing in Jones’ way is Jones.
Charlie Warzel Buzzfeed May 2017 25min Permalink
Students come from around the world to struggling Redding, California, where the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry promises to teach them to perform miracles.
Molly Hensley-Clancy Buzzfeed Oct 2017 35min Permalink
“As a young reporter in Eastern Europe in 2001, I expected to witness the ‘end of history’ and the flowering of democracy. That was just one of the mistakes I made.”
The venture capitalist and Facebook board member staked his reputation on a Trump presidency. Now what does he have to show for it?
Rosie Gray, Ryan Mac Buzzfeed Sep 2020 Permalink
“For so long, we’ve thought keeping our heads down and being invisible in America might help us gain acceptance — but the recent wave of racist violence has shattered that myth.”
Venessa Wong Buzzfeed Mar 2021 20min Permalink
“You have to ask for food. You have to ask to go use the bathroom. … [Kelly] is a master at mind control. … He is a puppet master.”
Jim DeRogatis Buzzfeed Jul 2017 30min Permalink
Nearly a decade ago, Marie Calloway’s debut book, what purpose did i serve in your life, thrilled and repulsed readers. Then she vanished from public life. I tried to find her.
Scaachi Koul Buzzfeed Oct 2021 20min Permalink
Steve Kandell is the longform editor at BuzzFeed.
"What would be the sort of longer, narrative nonfiction, journalistic equivalent of something that would have the same effect on you as a bunch of cat GIFs? And not because it's cute, but it's the kind of thing that makes you go, 'OK, I need a lot of other people to see this.'"
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Jun 2013 Permalink
Dee Dee Blancharde was a model parent: a tireless single mom taking care of her gravely ill child. But after Dee Dee was killed, it turned out her daughter Gypsy had never been sick at all.
Michelle Dean Buzzfeed Aug 2016 35min Permalink
Albert Samaha is an investigative journalist and the deputy inequality editor at BuzzFeed News. His book Concepcion: An Immigrant Family's Fortunes comes out in October.
“I don’t think any child of the recession will ever not feel precarious. And being in journalism makes that even more so. ... At this point I’ve embraced the precarity of working in this industry. I’m sure at some point it’s going to be grating for people to hear me talk about how precarious and insecure I feel. … But I’ve got too many friends who are way too talented, who can’t use that talent in the ways that they are passionate about, for me to ever feel like my place in this industry is fully cemented.”
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Apr 2021 Permalink
It’s been 46 years since she gave her famous commencement address at Wellesley. What she was trying to say then—that politics is personal, that she believes in human connection above all else—she is trying to say again in 2016. Maybe she’s been trying to say it all along.
Ruby Cramer Buzzfeed Jan 2016 25min Permalink