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Mormon Money, Scientology's Hollywood Apostate, and a Freshman Priest

Extra Medium / flickr This week, many Americans are braving holiday travel to spend time with family and loved ones. Here are five great longreads on religion to make for interesting travel…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (674 words)

Keith Richard: The Rolling Stone Interview

Keith Richards on the cover of Rolling Stone Keith plays in a rock & roll band. Anita is a movie star queen. They curre
PUBLISHED: Aug. 19, 1971
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2772 words)

How Wal-Mart Used Payoffs to Get Its Way in Mexico

SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACÁN, Mexico — Wal-Mart longed to build in Elda Pineda’s alfalfa field. It was an ideal location, just off this town’s bustling main entrance and barely a mile from its ancient…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 17, 2012
LENGTH: 28 minutes (7179 words)

How the Armored Car Industry Leaves Workers Unprotected

June 18, 2010, marked the end of Ray Wauson’s third week as an armored-car guard for Triple D Security in Victoria, and the first day they let him carry a gun. An avid hunter, raised in the…
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4692 words)

War Is Betrayal, Redux (Chris Hedges)

ONLINE NOVEMBER 8, 2012 Discussion:War Is Betrayal, Redux U.S. Army Chris Hedges’s July 2012 essay “War Is Betrayal: Persistent Myths of Combat” generated an enormous amount of…

Who Really Runs Texas?

It’s hard to overstate the power of money in Texas politics. If you’re wealthy, the state offers numerous ways to buy influence and implement policy. Texas has no limits on campaign…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2036 words)
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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)

Randy Best Is Going to Save Texas’ Public Universities, Or Get Rich Trying

When Hurricane Rita spun through southeast Texas in 2005, Lamar University’s 270-acre campus in Beaumont suffered heavy damage. Rita’s 100-mph winds ripped holes in the basketball arena…
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4956 words)
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