The Ultimate Feel-Furious Movie About Wall Street

How director Adam McKay, best known for producing a series of “hugely popular bromantic comedies” with Will Ferrell, is making a comedy out of the biggest financial collapse since the Great Depression.

Published: Nov 29, 2015
Length: 25 minutes (6,317 words)

The Life and Times of Strider Wolf

Sarah Schweitzer’s moving story of a young boy and his brother, rescued from near-fatal abuse, now in the care of grandparents who have their own difficulties making things work.

Source: Boston Globe
Published: Nov 30, 2015
Length: 26 minutes (6,618 words)

John Hope Franklin: Race & the Meaning of America

Drew Gilpin Faust on the work of John Hope Franklin, who would have turned 100 this year. “Only if we understand and acknowledge this past can we grapple with the conflicts of the present and the promise of the future. ‘To confront our past and see it for what it is.’ Franklin’s words. The past ‘is.’ Not the past was. The past lives on.”

Published: Nov 30, 2015
Length: 17 minutes (4,482 words)

The Will of God

John Spong remembers his father, Will, an Episcopal priest, seminary professor, and grief counselor who helped people work through difficult times in their lives and left a lasting impact after his death.

Author: John Spong
Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Nov 20, 2015
Length: 30 minutes (7,582 words)

The Serial Swatter

How internet trolls are using our over-militarized police to harass people, and why it’s been difficult to stop.

Published: Nov 26, 2015
Length: 27 minutes (6,814 words)

Don’t Cry for Tracy Morgan

Michael Paterniti interviews Tracy Morgan. “One time I was walking up the stairs with my son, who was always right there with me… and I almost fell backwards. I was just learning how to walk, and he grabbed me and took me upstairs, and I started crying. He said, ‘What’s wrong, Dad?’ And I told him, ‘I remember when I carried you.’ And when my dad was dying of AIDS, I carried him.”

Source: GQ
Published: Nov 26, 2015
Length: 13 minutes (3,413 words)

Beyond Gun Control

Lois Beckett of ProPublica investigates why a successful program to combat gun violence has gone underfunded and ignored.

Source: Pro Publica
Published: Nov 26, 2015
Length: 22 minutes (5,546 words)

How Walmart Keeps an Eye on Its Massive Workforce

Faced with labor protests, Walmart mounted a military-level response and extensively surveilled employees.

Published: Nov 24, 2015

Bringing Up Genius

With his daughters as the test subjects, Laszlo Polgár set out to prove that genius is made, not born. One daughter became the first woman ever to earn chess’s grandmaster title, another the best female chess player of all time.

Published: Nov 8, 2015
Length: 18 minutes (4,532 words)

The Art of Being Tara Subkoff

Lynn Hirschberg profiles actress, designer, director and “operator” Tara Subkoff, and the results are not pretty.

Source: W
Published: Nov 24, 2015
Length: 10 minutes (2,660 words)