What if Your Abusive Husband Is a Cop?
Police departments have become more attentive to officers’ use of excessive force on the job, but that concern rarely extends to the home.
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The Trauma Floor
The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America.
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America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One
Our founding ideals of liberty and equality were false when they were written. For generations, black Americans have fought to make them true.
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He’s a Liar, a Con Artist and a Snitch. His Testimony Could Soon Send a Man to His Death.
Paul Skalnik has a decades-long criminal record and may be one of the most prolific jailhouse informants in U.S. history. The state of Florida is planning to execute a man based largely on his word.
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How ICE Picks Its Targets in the Surveillance Age
After two officers came to a Pacific Northwest community, longtime residents began to disappear.
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Stories About My Brother
The writer investigates her brother’s death, their complicated relationship, and the disturbing mysteries he left behind.
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‘Nobody Is Going to Believe You’
The director Bryan Singer has been trailed by accusations of sexual misconduct for 20 years.
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The Adults in the Room
On leaving Deadspin and digital media in 2019.
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The Most Gullible Man in Cambridge
He was a Harvard Law professor who taught a class on judgment, which made him an unlikely target for an elaborate paternity scheme that nearly cost him his house and family.
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The Crane Wife
On calling off a wedding and studying whooping cranes.
