Where the Bodies Are Buried
Gerry Adams, the leader of Sinn Fein, denies that he was ever in the IRA. The murder of Jean McConville threatened to expose him as a liar.
Longform Best of 2015
We recommended 1,453 articles this year, from 1,210 writers and 360 publications. They were read nearly 20 million times.
These were our favorites.
History
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Though the Heavens Fall
On old Texas newspapers and a pair of men who shaped the story of civil rights.
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The Mystery of Sacagawea
The construction of a modern American myth.
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What Was Gay?
An essay on the history and future during a present when “gayness, we are told, is over.”
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Operation Red Falcon
He was one of Israel’s greatest spies. Then he brought his own country to the brink of war.
