My Journey to the Heart of the FOIA Request

Fifty years ago, the Freedom of Information Act gave the public access to government secrets — all you had to do was ask. How a simple request became a bureaucratic nightmare.

Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 20, 2017
Length: 21 minutes (5,400 words)

After Marriage Equality, to Party or to Protest?

Two years after the passage of the Marriage Equality Act, Spenser Mestel looks back on his mixed emotions that day and his difficulty celebrating, particularly in light of four Supreme Court Justices dissenting.

Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 26, 2017
Length: 16 minutes (4,021 words)