The bitter tears of Johnny Cash

The untold story of Johnny Cash, protest singer and Native American activist, and his feud with the music industry

Source: Salon
Published: Nov 9, 2009
Length: 14 minutes (3,642 words)

The undignified near-death of Miramax

Why Disney turned Harvey Weinstein’s legendary indie empire into a zombie slave — and why it doesn’t much matter

Source: Salon
Published: Nov 5, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,271 words)

That sound you hear is the social fabric about to snap

The real unemployment rate is almost 20 percent. Here’s what the federal government can do about the jobs crisis

Source: Salon
Published: Oct 20, 2009
Length: 31 minutes (7,847 words)

The Facebook Divorce

Couples are broadcasting their breakups online while friends — and lawyers! — watch in amazement and horror

Source: Salon
Published: Sep 29, 2009
Length: 11 minutes (2,861 words)

Confessions of a home-schooler

Call us crackpots, but our kids spend their days at beaches and museums, not in school

Source: Salon
Published: Sep 28, 2009
Length: 13 minutes (3,468 words)

Glenn Beck becomes damaged goods

The radio phenom takes over the morning zoo, makes fun of miscarriages and flames out.

Source: Salon
Published: Sep 22, 2009
Length: 22 minutes (5,588 words)

Meet the man who changed Glenn Beck’s life

Cleon Skousen was a right-wing crank whom even conservatives despised. Then Beck discovered him

Source: Salon
Published: Sep 16, 2009
Length: 16 minutes (4,169 words)

Why we say yes to drugs

Resistance to mind-altering substances is futile, according to a new “Secret History of Getting High in America”

Source: Salon
Published: Jul 20, 2009
Length: 7 minutes (1,891 words)

Grave offenses at Arlington National Cemetery

A criminal investigation and allegations of misplaced bodies and shoddy care have roiled the famous burial ground

Source: Salon
Published: Jul 16, 2009
Length: 9 minutes (2,417 words)

Who you calling a “midget”?

Little people take a stand against the offensive word — and a world that thinks it’s OK to mock them

Source: Salon
Published: Jul 16, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,604 words)