Fixed

The rise of marriage therapy, and other dreams of human betterment.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Mar 29, 2010
Length: 19 minutes (4,802 words)

Sorority on E. 63rd St.

For a small-town girl with a dream, from the Roaring 20s through the 1960s, there was no address more glamorous than New York’s “women only” Barbizon Hotel. It would shelter a parade of yet-to-be-discovered damsels—Joan Crawford, Grace Kelly, Candice Bergen, Sylvia Plath, Ali MacGraw, and many more.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Apr 1, 2010
Length: 18 minutes (4,715 words)

A Dagger to the CIA

On December 30, in one of the deadliest attacks in CIA history, an Al Qaeda double agent schemed his way onto a U.S. base in Afghanistan and blew himself into the next life, taking seven Americans with him. How could this have happened?

Source: GQ
Published: Apr 1, 2010
Length: 14 minutes (3,642 words)

The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight

Six billion dollars later, the Afghan National Police can’t begin to do their jobs right—never mind relieve American forces.

Source: Newsweek
Published: Mar 19, 2010
Length: 13 minutes (3,336 words)

The Great West Coast Newspaper War

Seized delivery vans, murderous editors, irate blog posts, allegations of insanity, connections to the Church of Satan, illegal predatory-pricing schemes, and more than $21 million on the line—the crazy alt-weekly war in San Francisco has it all.

Source: The Stranger
Published: Mar 16, 2010
Length: 66 minutes (16,672 words)

The HBO Auteur: David Simon

Coming off acclaim for “The Wire,” David Simon takes his approach to New Orleans with “Treme.”

Published: Mar 17, 2010
Length: 30 minutes (7,536 words)

Dead Man Driving

Car crashes happen to other guys, right? Maybe they don’t have your quick reaction time or uncanny ability to multitask behind the wheel. Or maybe they’re simply lesser drivers. If you believe that, let us introduce you to Adam LaBar, 1970-2008. We suspect you’ll recognize him. We hope you’ll learn from him.

Source: Men’s Health
Published: Mar 19, 2010
Length: 23 minutes (5,845 words)

War of values

An epic battle has been raging over who can afford to live in San Francisco. The paper trail reveals that the city’s dominant landlords, the Lembi family of CitiApartments fame, bought up every building they could get their hands on, from the Tenderloin’s rattiest dumps to Nob Hill’s ritziest penthouses, with an audacious plan to drive up everyone’s rent. And their money came from the same financial geniuses who brought the world economy to its knees.

Published: Dec 1, 2009
Length: 39 minutes (9,995 words)

Dissent Made Safer

How anonymity technology could save free speech on the Internet.

Published: Jun 1, 2009
Length: 12 minutes (3,217 words)

Scraping Bottom

Once considered too expensive, as well as too damaging to the land, exploitation of Alberta’s oil sands is now a gamble worth billions.

Published: Mar 1, 2009
Length: 15 minutes (3,986 words)