The strange and curious tale of the last true hermit housing Article 7667 words, published Aug 5 2014 9 votes
Payback: Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge and his crew tortured false confessions out of hundreds of black men. Decades later, the survivors fought for reparations. Article 7006 words 9 votes
Unprotected: "An acclaimed American charity said it was saving some of the world’s most vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation. But from the very beginning, girls were being raped." Article published Oct 11 2018 9 votes
Safe House: A group of Latina women across the country have been working in secret, turning their homes into shelters for abused immigrant women relationships Article 3777 words 9 votes
The lie generator: Inside the black mirror world of polygraph job screenings work Article 4767 words 6 votes
The cartel next door: How prosecutors tied a brazen murder in an upscale Dallas suburb to one of Mexico’s most violent criminal organizations Article 8102 words, published Sep 21 2018 13 votes
Intelligent, devoted, alien – parrots are unlike any other pet. But what does the complex human-avian bond say about us? ~life.pets Article 3091 words, published Feb 5 2013 9 votes
The business of voluntourism: Do western do-gooders actually do harm? work Article 5309 words, published Sep 13 2018 13 votes
Three teachers discuss what it’s like to survive a school shooting, and then return to the classroom education Article 4962 words 16 votes
Americans want to believe jobs are the solution to poverty. They’re not work Article 5655 words 36 votes
Americans want to believe jobs are the solution to poverty. They’re not. work Article 5655 words 12 votes
The YouTube stars heading for burnout: ‘The most fun job imaginable became deeply bleak’ work Article 3158 words 33 votes
David Hogg, after Parkland. Furious and unflinching, an NRA enemy, an accused “crisis actor,” and a high-school grad trying to figure out what’s next Article 7218 words, published Aug 20 2018 8 votes
Growing-ups: Living with your parents, single and with no clear career. Is this a failure to grow up or a whole new stage of life? Article 3960 words, published Apr 17 2014 29 votes
How the “happiest Muslims in the world” are coping with their happiness Article 8332 words, published Jul 31 2018 8 votes
Motherhood brings the most dramatic brain changes of a woman's life. So why does prenatal care ignore the topic altogether? ~life.women Article 4059 words, published Jul 17 2018 17 votes
Should we treat crime as something to be cured rather than punished? Scotland’s police force has adopted a public health model to tackle violence. Should the rest of the world follow suit? Article 3855 words 20 votes
Suspicious minds - Mingling with wariness and wonder at a conference devoted to "Ancient Aliens" Article 3547 words 5 votes
Japan’s vegetable-eating men - A nation of suit-wearing salarymen educates its first generation of stay-at-home dads ~life.men Article 3410 words 7 votes
Meet Noel Harder. Testifying against the Hells Angels led to a $2M bounty on his head. Then he got kicked out of the Witness Protection Program. Article 3113 words 7 votes