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Fracking's Latest Scandal? Earthquake Swarms

At exactly 10:53 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, 2011, Joe and Mary Reneau were in the bedroom of their whitewashed and brick-trimmed home, a two-story rambler Mary's dad custom-built 43 years ago.…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2059 words)

Follow the Dark Money

Illustrations by Steve Brodner"There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money and I can't remember what the second one is."—Mark Hanna, 19th-century mining tycoon and…
AUTHOR:Andy Kroll
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2375 words)

CHANGING TIMES

Before Jenna Talackova, there was Chaz Bono; before him, Brandon Teena; and, back in the 1950s, Christine Jorgensen. Transgender people have had a long, loud struggle in the media, from Jerry…
SOURCE:The Daily
PUBLISHED: April 17, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1551 words)

Are Walmart's Chinese Factories As Bad As Apple's?

Illustration: John HendrixOn a warm, sticky winter morning, I waited nervously in a parking lot in Foshan, a city in southeastern China's smog-choked Pearl River delta, for a man I'd never met. His…
AUTHOR:Andy Kroll
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1560 words)
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