Longreads

Inside the Fascinating Lives of North Korean Defectors

Secretive dating, nostalgia for the north, and other surprising things I learned about during my year with refugees of the Hermit Kingdom.

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 | Mon Oct. 20, 2014 6:15 AM EDT
The Chain Ted Genoways

"Hurt That Bitch": What Undercover Investigators Saw Inside a Factory Farm

Overworked and undertrained workers say they "gotta do what you gotta do to push those #@$%ing pigs.”

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 | Thu Oct. 16, 2014 6:10 AM EDT

We're Going to Execute a Man Who Subpoenaed Jesus While Representing Himself Wearing a Purple Cowboy Suit

Texas claims he's sane enough to be put down, and the Supreme Court isn't arguing.

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 | Wed Oct. 15, 2014 6:30 AM EDT
The Great Frack Forward

Deep Inside the Wild World of China's Fracking Boom

US companies are salivating over the biggest shale gas resources in the world. What could possibly go wrong?

—A Multimedia Production by Jaeah Lee and James West

 | Thu Sep. 18, 2014 6:00 AM EDT

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Moms Demand Action

These Women Are the NRA's Worst Nightmare

Can Moms Demand Action do to gun extremists what MADD did to drunk drivers?

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 | Tue Sep. 9, 2014 6:00 AM EDT

Inside the Mammoth Backlash to Common Core

How a bipartisan education reform effort became the biggest conservative bogeyman since Obamacare.

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 | Thu Sep. 4, 2014 6:00 AM EDT

Should We Regulate Poop As a Drug?

The future of fecal transplants, and a bevy of entrepreneurs, hinges on how the FDA decides to regulate the procedure.

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 | Mon Aug. 18, 2014 6:00 AM EDT
Al Smith

How a Squad of Ex-Cops Fights Police Abuses

In Broward County, Florida, a bold experiment in public defense.

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 | Mon Aug. 11, 2014 6:00 AM EDT
The NRA's Murder Mystery

His Murder Conviction Was Tossed Over Bad Police Work. Now He's the NRA's Top Lawyer.

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 | Tue Jul. 29, 2014 8:00 AM EDT
Get out of jail fee

Inside the Wild, Shadowy, and Highly Lucrative Bail Industry

How $550 and a five-day class gets you the right to stalk, arrest, and shoot people.

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 | Mon Jun. 30, 2014 6:00 AM EDT
Devon Boggan, the director of the Office of Neighborhood Safety in Richmond CA

Did This City Bring Down Its Murder Rate by Paying People Not to Kill?

A controversial experiment in Richmond, California, may have slashed street violence—or maybe it just got lucky.

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 | Tue Jun. 17, 2014 6:00 AM EDT

Is Coding the New Literacy?

Why America's schools need to train a generation of hackers.

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 | Mon Jun. 16, 2014 6:00 AM EDT
child migrant

70,000 Kids Will Show Up Alone at Our Border This Year. What Happens to Them?

Officials have been stunned by a "surge" of unaccompanied children crossing into the United States.

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 | Tue Jun. 3, 2014 6:00 AM EDT
puffin

Something Is Seriously Wrong on the East Coast—and It's Killing All the Baby Puffins

Disappearing puffins, stray whales, invading sailfish: The North Atlantic is in a bad way. Here's why.

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 | Mon May. 26, 2014 6:00 AM EDT
koch vs koch

The Brutal Battle That Tore Apart America's Most Powerful Family

Before the Kochs went to war against Obama, they almost destroyed each other.

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 | Tue May. 20, 2014 6:00 AM EDT

Diesel Dope, Monster Trucks, and Snotty Dispensary Clerks: A Veteran Pot Grower's Back-to-the-Land Adventure

"I didn't know how fragile it all was."

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 | Tue May. 13, 2014 6:00 AM EDT
naji mansour

This American Refused to Become an FBI Informant. Then the Government Made His Family's Life Hell.

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 | Thu May. 1, 2014 6:00 AM EDT

This Man Is About to Die Because an Alcoholic Lawyer Botched His Case

Counsel: "I could drink a quart of liquor every night and work all day long."

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 | Tue Apr. 22, 2014 6:00 AM EDT
next sarah palin

Meet the Republican Party's Great New Hope

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is petty, vindictive, and weak on policy. Sound familiar?

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 | Wed Apr. 16, 2014 6:00 AM EDT
Who's Behind Newsweek?

Why Are the New Owners So Anxious to Hide Their Ties to an Enigmatic Religious Figure?

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 | Mon Mar. 31, 2014 8:00 AM EDT