The Case for Reparations
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
Longform Best of 2014
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The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie
On the trail of two women who changed American music, then vanished.
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The Murders at the Lake
In the summer of 1982, three Waco teenagers were savagely murdered. Four men were ultimately charged with the crime. One was executed, two others were given life sentences, and a fourth was sent to death row. They all may have been innocent.
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The Hunt for El Chapo
How the world’s most notorious drug lord was captured.
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The Empathy Exams
On medical acting and real pain.
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This Old Man
Love, loss, and life at 93.
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The Horror Before the Beheadings
Twenty-three ISIS hostages shared months of brutal captivity before some were ransomed and some were executed.
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Fire Behavior
What really happened in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion?
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Whitewood Under Siege
The controversy-filled world of shipping pallets.
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The Murders Before the Marathon
A triple homicide, the alleged involvement of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect, and those caught up in the FBI’s ongoing investigation.
