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Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin.

Mark with Houston at Houston's high school graduation in 2009 Courtesy of the familyTHE THING THAT STRUCK ME when I first met my cousin Houston was his size. He wasn't much taller than me, if at all,…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1601 words)

Are Happy Gut Bacteria Key to Weight Loss?

A few years before Super Size Me hit theaters in 2004, Dr. Paresh Dandona, a diabetes specialist in Buffalo, New York, set out to measure the body's response to McDonald's—specifically…
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (994 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)

How Crazy Is Too Crazy to Be Executed?

Andre Thomas is escorted by officers during his 2005 murder trial. Chris Jennings/Herald Democrat Years later, after Andre Thomas had been convicted of killing his estranged wife, his 4-year-old son…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 12, 2013
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1441 words)

Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside America's Prisons.

Photograph by James West.IT'S BEEN SEVEN MONTHS since I've been inside a prison cell. Now I'm back, sort of. The experience is eerily like my dreams, where I am a prisoner in another man's cell. Like…
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2271 words)

Did ExxonMobil Pay Torturers?

This mass grave was uncovered in central Aceh, the province where a decade-old case alleges Indonesian soldiers hired by ExxonMobil tortured, killed, and assaulted villagers during a bloody civil…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1710 words)

New ebook Argues 2012 is a Referendum on George W. Bush

September 23, 2012 7:07 PM New ebook Argues 2012 is a Referendum on George W. Bush By Paul Glastris
LENGTH: 1 minutes (441 words)

Everything You've Heard About Failing Schools Is Wrong

Illustration by Jon Krause"SPEEK EENGLISH, TACO," THE GIRL with the giant backpack yelled when Maria asked where to find a bathroom. The backpack giggled as it bounced down the hall. It had been…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2048 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)
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