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Reading to remember from 2012

It is, of course, tremendously difficult to narrow down an entire year in the increasingly vast world of great narrative journalism into a Top 5 list, but I am a sucker for lists, so I did it again…
AUTHOR:zachcrizer
PUBLISHED: Dec. 18, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (583 words)

Will and Erwynn met at church and fell in love. But they had a big problem—“don’t ask, don’t tell.” The unlikely story of the first gay military union.

Tech. Sgt. Erwynn Umali (right) and Will Behrens (left) at the McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst chapel, where their civil union was held on June 23, 2012. See more photos of their wedding and lives here. Photo…
PUBLISHED: July 17, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (911 words)

The Strange Duality in the Everyday Lives of the Queen B—’s

The steady ccchhhhhhkkkk of freshly unrolled duct tape salts the air. Elbow pads, wrist guards, knee pads and helmets are untucked from bags and strapped into place. Bright purple duct tape goes over…
AUTHOR:Bari Bates
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4236 words)

The 794 Million Dollar Man.

David Wallace stands before the Joplin City Council with a PowerPoint presentation. Technically, he stands before the City Council with a dream, but in 2012, dreams have dollar figures and blueprints…
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6116 words)

Where He’ll Always Be 14.

The Lawrence County Sheriff picked up Russ Filbeck when he was 14. He’d already been given his last warning; he was really in trouble this time. Russ had been living on and off the street for…
AUTHOR:Sarah Elms
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3878 words)

The Donkey in the Room.

It would have to be Texas hair. As soon as my editor assigned me to cover the 2012 Missouri Republican Convention in Springfield, I started to worry about my hair. The GOP is the party of many…
AUTHOR:Bari Bates
LENGTH: 34 minutes (8681 words)
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