Tenacious G

Inside Goldman Sachs, America’s most successful, cynical, envied, despised, and (in its view, anyway) misunderstood engine of capitalism.

Author: Joe Hagan
Published: Jul 26, 2009
Length: 24 minutes (6,141 words)

An Abortion Battle, Fought to the Death

For more than 30 years the anti-abortion movement threw everything into driving Dr. George Tiller out of business, certain that his defeat would deal a devastating blow to the “abortion industry” that has terminated roughly 50 million pregnancies since Roe v. Wade in 1973.

Published: Jul 25, 2009
Length: 22 minutes (5,622 words)

Salesian High’s volleyball team is playing above its head

For the East L.A. school’s volleyball squad, court smarts and persistence make up for inexperience and a lack of height. The lessons extend off the court.

Published: Jul 27, 2009
Length: 7 minutes (1,994 words)

The Making of an Agent

After 16 weeks of action-packed exercises that will test them to the core, the recruits in Training Class No. 283 will pass into the elite ranks of the Secret Service — or leave humiliated

Source: Washington Post
Published: Jul 26, 2009
Length: 32 minutes (8,068 words)

Inside Bush and Cheney’s Final Days

Source: Time
Published: Jul 24, 2009
Length: 18 minutes (4,600 words)

The Recession Is Over

Now what we need is a new kind of recovery.

Source: Newsweek
Published: Jul 25, 2009
Length: 13 minutes (3,477 words)

Jail Break

How smarter parole and probation can cut the nation’s incarceration rate.

Published: Jul 28, 2009
Length: 13 minutes (3,261 words)

The Ultimate Obama Insider

It was about trust: if Valerie Jarrett told Barack Obama that something was the right thing to do, he would very likely do it.

Published: Jul 21, 2009
Length: 32 minutes (8,141 words)

How to Do What You Love

Source: Paul Graham
Published: Jan 1, 2006
Length: 18 minutes (4,665 words)

The Time I Accidentally Killed a Horse

A Confession

Source: The Stranger
Published: Jul 21, 2009
Length: 14 minutes (3,563 words)