A Weekend of Nazi Dress-Up Fun in the Heart of Trump Country

Head to a fun weekend event and you’ll likely post pictures of yourself all over social media. But the attendees of a World War II reenactment in Reading, Pennsylvania, are more likely to delete any pictures they’re tagged in, especially when dressed in a Nazi uniform: “People don’t understand that just because you wear this uniform doesn’t mean you believe what they believed.”

Author: Zoë Beery
Source: Fusion
Published: Jun 27, 2017
Length: 10 minutes (2,600 words)

The Tragic Story of a Texas Teen and the Marines Who Killed Him for No Reason

When Marines fatally shot an innocent 18 year old boy in West Texas in 1997, it raised serious questions about the War on Drugs and a militarized border that Americans are still asking. Many details about Esequiel Hernandez’s death also remain unanswered. What’s clear is that he was just tending his family’s goats, and the Marines’ stories don’t add up.

Source: Fusion
Published: May 24, 2017
Length: 13 minutes (3,465 words)

Asian American Voters Are Crucial To Victory. Will They Actually Turn Out To Vote?

Esther Wang travels to Las Vegas to whey the potential impact of Asian voters on the election, in a swing state like Nevada—the swing state with the highest proportion of eligible Asian American voters, and the country’s fastest-growing population of Asian Americans.

Source: Fusion
Published: Oct 5, 2016
Length: 10 minutes (2,634 words)

Re-examining Monica, Marcia, Tonya and Anita, the ‘Scandalous’ Women of the ’90s

Marshall revisits some scandals involving women in the ’90s and has us reconsider their stories: “All these women confronted us with truths we did not want to consider, and so we terrorized them, mocked them, abused them, and rendered them finally voiceless.”

Source: Fusion
Published: Apr 19, 2016
Length: 15 minutes (3,902 words)

Dirty Little Secrets

More than a year ago, 11.5 million documents taken from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca was provided by an unnamed source to Süddeutsche Zeitung, a German newspaper. News organizations around the world have begun investigations using the document dump, including Fusion which looked into how the firm operates.

Source: Fusion
Published: Apr 3, 2016
Length: 22 minutes (5,704 words)

The Walter White of Wichita

How a self-taught chemist made drug dealers millions, and helped fuel a fentanyl epidemic.

Source: Fusion
Published: Feb 2, 2016
Length: 10 minutes (2,530 words)

You Can Have Millions Of Subscribers On YouTube—And Still Be Flat Broke

Gaby Dunn, who struggles to make ends meet despite being a YouTube personality with more than half a million subscribers, investigates the bleak economics of internet fame.

Author: Gaby Dunn
Source: Fusion
Published: Dec 14, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,138 words)

Haunted by Hackers: A Suburban Family’s Digital Ghost Story

A couple is terrorized by hackers over the course of three years.

Source: Fusion
Published: Oct 19, 2015
Length: 14 minutes (3,578 words)