Inside Backpage.com’s Vicious Battle With the Feds
For years, it was the largest portal for sex on the internet. Now its fate could shape the future of Silicon Valley.
For years, it was the largest portal for sex on the internet. Now its fate could shape the future of Silicon Valley.
Christine Biederman Wired Jun 2019 25min Permalink
Having fallen on hard times, a former football star and the pride of his small town decides to rob the local bank. His weapons of choice: Craigslist, bear mace, and an inner tube.
David Kushner GQ Oct 2010 20min Permalink
“You’ve got your whole life in front of you. You’re pretty, you’ve got this house — well, you don’t have this house anymore. This house is my house.”
William Brennan New York Feb 2018 25min Permalink
The preacher ran a prostitution ring out of his halfway house. The teenager posed as his nephew and later claimed he feared for his own life. Only one man they drove into the woods would survive.
Devin Friedman GQ Jul 2014 35min Permalink
How Craigslist dealers do business in New York City.
David Shapiro, Joe Coscarelli Village Voice Apr 2011 15min Permalink
The underage prostitution study that was cited extensively in the congressional hearings that resulted in the removal of Craigslist’s Erotic Services turns out to be the work of a for-hire business consulting firm and, scientifically, completely bogus.
Nick Pinto Village Voice Mar 2011 15min Permalink