How does a young, successful actor become a relatively unknown director of most of the television you watch? And what’s next?
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Dirty Gold, Clean Cash
A Miami Herald investigation looks at how billions of dollars worth of gold from Latin American narco-traffickers illegally makes it into the U.S. and eventually becomes used in American jewelry, coins and smartphones.
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The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought
A behind-the-scenes account of how Travis Kalanick was ousted from Uber as chief executive officer.
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Ellen Pompeo on Negotiating Her Way to Becoming TV’s Highest Paid Actress
The ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star gets real about earning money in Hollywood.
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Why Are Our Most Important Teachers Paid the Least?
Many preschool teachers earn around just $10 an hour in programs that are chronically understaffed and underfunded. And that’s just the beginning of the problems they face.
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Gang raped at 17. Therapy at 65.
Evelyn Robinson was gang raped in 1969 by four men. She’s been dealing with the trauma ever since.
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She Broke Japan’s Silence on Rape
Shiori Ito reported her rape to the police, who were prepared to arrest her alleged assailant, a journalist named Noriyuki Yamaguchi, after conducting a two-month investigation. Then prosecutors suddenly dropped the case.
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‘I Want It to Stop’
Fifteen-year-old Ruben Urbina suffered from depression and attempted suicide multiple times. His friends and family members pleaded with him to get help. But one morning, Ruben couldn’t handle it anymore and called the police to falsely report that he had a bomb strapped to his chest.
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Kenji Dreams of Sausage
A profile of beloved food writer J. Kenji López-Alt, who uses science to perfect cooking methods and is opening a beer hall in Silicon Valley.
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Longreads Best of 2017: Investigative Reporting on Sexual Misconduct
Investigations into sexual misconduct perpetrated by powerful men across several industries had the biggest impact in 2017.