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A mother’s story: The moon to his sun

(Editor’s note: Longtime Washington Post reporter and columnist Marjorie Williams was raised to disdain Mother’s Day as a conspiracy by florists and greeting-card manufacturers, her…
PUBLISHED: May 8, 2013
LENGTH: 2 minutes (651 words)

Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin.

Mark with Houston at Houston's high school graduation in 2009 Courtesy of the familyTHE THING THAT STRUCK ME when I first met my cousin Houston was his size. He wasn't much taller than me, if at all,…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1601 words)

Paying for a special-needs child

The cost of son Finn's care has forced author Jeff Howe and his family to make some tough choices. (Money Magazine) Our kid is nothing like your kid. I don't mean that in an…
AUTHOR:Jeff Howe
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (791 words)

Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Shame of Three Strikes Laws

Illustration by Victor Juhasz On July 15th, 1995, in the quiet Southern California city of Whittier, a 33-year-old black man named Curtis Wilkerson got up from a booth at McDonald's, walked into a…
PUBLISHED: March 27, 2013
LENGTH: 25 minutes (6432 words)

As Common As Dirt

This article was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent, nonprofit news organization producing investigative reporting on food, agriculture, and…
LENGTH: 23 minutes (5946 words)

After 50 Years, the Voting Rights Act's Biggest Threat: The Supreme Court

One of the most popular and successful federal laws in America survived decades of partisan congresses and administrations. Next week, the justices may finally dismantle it. At 10 a.m. next…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 22, 2013
LENGTH: 28 minutes (7217 words)

The Idealist

Aaron Swartz at a Boston Wiki Meetup on Aug. 19, 2009 Photo by Sage Ross/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons On Jan.
PUBLISHED: Feb. 7, 2013
LENGTH: 58 minutes (14593 words)

The Spy Novelist Who Knows Too Much

Gérard de Villiers, the author of the best-selling S.A.S. espionage series. Last June, a pulp-fiction thriller was published in Paris under the title “Le Chemin de Damas.” Its lurid green-and-black…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 30, 2013
LENGTH: 2 minutes (749 words)

FRONTLINE & Longreads: Inside Obama’s Presidency – Inside Obama’s Presidency - FRONTLINE

This Tuesday, a week before Barack Obama’s second inauguration, FRONTLINE will air a probing look at the first four years of his presidency. With inside accounts from his battles with his…
AUTHOR:Azmat Khan
PUBLISHED: Jan. 14, 2013
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4197 words)
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