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Favorite Longreads of 2012

Trying to put these in any kind of order, or limiting the list to just ten is impossible for me. So, here are all of my favorite Longreads of the past year. I’m sure I’ve left some out,…
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4841 words)

The Undeserving Poor

The U.S. federal government spends hundreds of billions of dollars a year on aid to the poor. There isn't enough to go around for Shaun Case. Reuters "THE UNEQUAL STATE OF AMERICA"A Reuters 3-part…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 20, 2012
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3845 words)
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IVF, personhood, and the Two-Week Wait.

A human embryo in the stages of early developmentiStockphoto. During our Two Week Waits, my husband and I often take walks to the river near our house. Among couples trying to conceive (or TTC, as…
PUBLISHED: May 23, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1225 words)
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The Gay-Marriage Plot: Inside This Year's Other High-Stakes Campaign

How activists rewrote the political playbook, reversed decades of defeat, and finally won over voters in 2012. Jane Abbott Lighty and Pete-e Petersen embrace after receiving the first same-sex…
AUTHOR:Molly Ball
PUBLISHED: Dec. 11, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2163 words)

Operation Delirium

At an Army research facility, a soldier given a powerful mind-altering drug said, “I feel like my life is not worth a nickel here.”
PUBLISHED: Dec. 17, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (960 words)

The Man Who Broke Atlantic City

Don Johnson finds it hard to remember the exact cards. Who could? At the height of his 12-hour blitz of the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, last April, he was playing a hand of…
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3906 words)

4:52 on Christmas Morning

Matt grows increasingly flustered. He explains he needs to raise $20,000 to make the relationship worthwhile. Duff says he doesn’t have twenty people in his Rolodex that he can just call up.…
LENGTH: 1 minutes (361 words)

Still Richard: Richard Simmons keeps grooving at 64

Saturday morning on a quiet side street in Beverly Hills. Audis and Priuses deposit a small squadron of weekend warriors in leotards and gym shorts at the front door of a low-slung building that…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 27, 2012
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4337 words)

The Innocent Man, Part One

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. For public distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, contact ccasey@texasmonthly.com for reprint information and fees. Editors'…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 1, 2012
LENGTH: 50 minutes (12575 words)
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