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Libor Lies Revealed in Rigging of $300 Trillion Benchmark

Every morning, from his desk by the bathroom at the far end of Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc’s trading floor overlooking London’s Liverpool Street station, Paul White punched a…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 28, 2013
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4378 words)

Longreads: 5 Diseases You Didn't Know to Worry About

In 2012, none of America's top killers are contagious. You don't get cancer, diabetes, or heart disease at the swimming pool or just because someone sneezed on you. But a hundred years ago, you…
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1005 words)

The Surprising Truths About Income Inequality in America: Big Issues: GQ

Maurose Frantz, Age: 26 Frantz says he has never even seen a customer or a menu at the steak house where he toils in the kitchen. "If I get money," says the Haitian immigrant, "I'm going to…
AUTHOR:Jon Ronson
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1275 words)

Your Weekend Longreads List on Dark Money

401K 2012/Flickr As election season heats up, I asked my Mother Jones colleagues to suggest their picks for the best recent long-form reportage on one of our favorite topics—the stories behind…
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1035 words)

Seattle Mitt Romney, American Parasite

James Sanderson had encountered a rare moment of industrial harmony. It was the early 1990s, and the 750 men and women at Georgetown Steel were pumping out wire rods at peak performance. They had an…
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3836 words)

Planting the Trees of Life

AN HONEST DAYS WORK The Fondation Seguin pays local Haitians to plant seedlings in the Chane de la Selle mountain range, 30 miles…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1421 words)

Why they won’t stop shooting in Chicago

BY MARK J. KONKOL AND FRANK MAIN Staff Reporters …
PUBLISHED: April 18, 2011
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2913 words)
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