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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)

Life Inside the Aaron Swartz investigation

A reluctant witness's account of a Federal prosecution. If you haven't been following the case, start with the editor's note for context. Quinn Norton's grand jury subpoena (Quinn Norton). Once your…
PUBLISHED: March 3, 2013
LENGTH: 27 minutes (6857 words)

Robert Caro’s Big Dig

Robert Caro in his Manhattan office. The later volumes of his L.B.J. biography have taken more years to write than it took the former president to live them. More Photos »
PUBLISHED: April 12, 2012
LENGTH: 23 minutes (5872 words)

read his legacy of award-winning work

Anthony Shadid, a prize-winning foreign correspondent, died at the age of 43 in Syria, while reporting for the New York Times. A beloved and brilliant writer, Shadid spent his two-decade career…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 16, 2012
LENGTH: 1 minutes (340 words)

Rolling Stone Politics

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of NATOs International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, works on board a Lockheed C-130 Hercules a
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1174 words)
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