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Unfit for Work: The startling rise of disability in America

By Chana Joffe-WaltIn the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed. The rise has come even as medical advances have allowed many more people to remain on the…
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4267 words)

Long Stories for Undecided Voters

“Low-information voter” used to be something of a term of art for political scientists: a person who picks a candidate because of something superficial and flighty. Now, however,…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (521 words)

The Longform Guide to Talk Radio

Ira Glas, host of This American Life Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for The Webby Awards. Every weekend, Longform shares a collection of great stories from its archive with Slate. F
AUTHOR:Max Linsky
PUBLISHED: Aug. 11, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1559 words)

Battleground America

Every American can be his own policeman; the country has nearly as many guns as it has people. Photograph by Christopher Griffith. Just after seven-thirty on the morning of February 27th, a…
PUBLISHED: April 23, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1042 words)
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Slake: Los Angeles—Mexican Gringo—A City And Its Stories

By Daniel Hernandez By Daniel Hernandez In Mexico City, noise, like smog, means people, commerce, signs of life. There is safety in noise as there is safety in numbers. This is not an easy concept to…
SOURCE:slake.la
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3059 words)

Miss Lora

Years later, you would wonder if it hadn’t been for your brother would you have done it? You’d remember how all the other guys had hated on her—how skinny she was, no culo, no…
AUTHOR:Junot Diaz
PUBLISHED: April 23, 2012
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5115 words)

The Deadliest Place In Mexico

To reach the deadliest place in Mexico you take Carretera Federal 2, a well-paved stretch of highway that begins at the outskirts of Juarez, east for 50 miles along the Rio Grande, passing through…
LENGTH: 34 minutes (8658 words)

Dispatch From Angola: Faith-Based Slavery in a Louisiana Prison

Welcome to the 46th annual Angola Prison Rodeo, the Wildest Show in the South! Its 9 a.m. and Im driving through the gates of Louisiana State Penitentiary, otherwise known…
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3577 words)
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