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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)

Am I a Torturer?

Photo: Sarah WilsonListen to an interview with the author here. The prisons in Iraq stink. Ask any guard or interrogator and they'll tell you it's a smell they'll never forget: sweat, fear, and rot.…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2065 words)

Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice in Guatemala

Chapter 1: 'You Don't Know Me' The call from Guatemala put Oscar on edge. Prosecutors came looking for you, relatives in his rural hometown told him. Big shots from Guatemala City. They want to talk…
PUBLISHED: May 25, 2012
LENGTH: 41 minutes (10404 words)

The Marines' Breast Cancer Epidemic

Kris Thomas (left) and Jim Fontella in the Art beCAUSE breast cancer calendar. (David Fox) It all started with Mike Partain, a.k.a. Number One. A barrel-chested father of four with a goatee and a…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1689 words)

My Weekend In America's So-Called 'Rape Capital'

"It's the altitude," the sweaty, red-cheeked fraternity brother explains. It is my first night in Missoula, Montana, and I am sitting on a stool at Stockman's Bar, watching girls in rhinestoned crop…
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3822 words)

The Struggle for Justice and a Place to Call Home

After losing her Florida home to foreclosure in 2009, Sheila Ramos has made a home for her family on a patch of rural land on Hawaii's Big Island. (Paul Kiel/ProPublica) Note: This story is not…
AUTHOR:Paul Kiel
PUBLISHED: April 10, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1018 words)
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