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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)

The Death Penalty Has a Face: A DA's Personal Story

I remember feeling a little nervous when the heavy door leading to Death Row clanged shut behind me. I didn’t really know what I would see. Having never walked the concrete corridors of a…
PUBLISHED: March 18, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3628 words)

What's It Like to Wake Up From a Tea Party Binge? Just Ask Florida!

The really desperate come early. George Bishop, 61, a lanky, gray-haired cabinet builder in a tropical shirt, has a red, swollen nose from a boil caused by his third sinus infection in the past five…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1969 words)

Your Longreads Guide to Guns

Saulius L/Shutterstock "I know this is not the first time this country has debated how to reduce gun violence," President Obama said in his State of the Union address on Tuesday. "But this time is…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 15, 2013
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1150 words)

Meet the GOP’s pro-immigration moneyman

Carlos Gutierrez knows what it’s like to be terrified that the universe could suddenly turn against you. He felt it at age 6, when the Castro regime imprisoned his father. (Matt McClain / The…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 11, 2013
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2063 words)

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Is Romney Using Lyme Disease to Win Swing State Votes?

FacebookThe mailers arrived in late September, courtesy of the Romney campaign—glossy and full-color, with a photo of a smiling doctor easing the concerns of a middle-aged white couple. Inside…
AUTHOR:Tim Murphy
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1375 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)
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