There Is Only One Way to Defeat ISIS

“It is long past time for the oligarchies of the Gulf states to stop paying protection to the men in the suicide belts.” Charles P. Pierce on how terrorism gets funded.

Source: Esquire
Published: Nov 15, 2015
Length: 7 minutes (1,825 words)

Reckoning With Rosie

Thirty-eight years ago, a young woman in Texas died of an illegal abortion. Rosie Jimenez’s story is now more relevant than ever.

Source: Texas Observer
Published: Nov 3, 2015
Length: 13 minutes (3,250 words)

How Do You Forgive a Murder?

The families and survivors of the Charleston massacre share their stories and talk about faith and forgiveness.

Source: Time Magazine
Published: Nov 12, 2015
Length: 59 minutes (14,865 words)

The Bed-Rest Hoax

Each year as many as 700,000 pregnant women are put on bed rest, but there’s still little evidence that it is effective. (Metered paywall.)

Published: Nov 13, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,039 words)

The Cursed, Buried City That May Never See The Light of Day

The massive Egyptian city from Cecil B. DeMille’s ‘The Ten Commandments’ was Hollywood’s biggest ever set when it was built in the 1920s, and then it was buried in the sands of the California Coast.

Source: Outside
Published: Oct 8, 2015
Length: 10 minutes (2,500 words)

The Asteroid Hunters

A look at the community of scientists and astronomers who are designing plans to prevent Earth from being devastated by an asteroid.

Author: Josh Dean
Published: Nov 11, 2015
Length: 48 minutes (12,241 words)

The Rehabilitation of Michael Phelps

The best may still be ahead of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps.

Author: Tim Layden
Published: Nov 10, 2015
Length: 26 minutes (6,728 words)

The Juilliard Effect: Ten Years Later

In 2004, The New York Times tracked down the instrumentalists of Juilliard’s 1994 graduating class to see how life had unfolded after an education at the world’s most prestigious conservatory.

Published: Dec 12, 2004
Length: 12 minutes (3,114 words)

Does Labor Actually Like Hillary Clinton?

Inside Hillary Clinton’s complicated relationship with organized labor.

Published: Nov 6, 2015
Length: 8 minutes (2,247 words)

How the Emperor Became Human (and MacArthur Became Divine)

The end of divine rule in postwar Japan, and the absolute power of General MacArthur.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 11, 2015
Length: 24 minutes (6,202 words)