The Great Online School Scam
Students are performing worse than ever, but private companies are making millions.
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The New Press
Published: Feb 20, 2018
Length: 20 minutes (5,064 words)
Becoming One of the World’s 65 Million Refugees
Majid Hussain keeps having to run. An excerpt from Cast Away: True Stories of Survival from Europe’s Refugee Crisis.
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The New Press
Published: Oct 3, 2016
Length: 21 minutes (5,452 words)
A Stranger in the World: The Memoir of a Musician on Tour
The Hold Steady’s Franz Nicolay on DIY touring in the punk underground of the former Soviet Union.
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The New Press
Published: Oct 17, 2016
Length: 27 minutes (6,916 words)
Home Is Where the Fraud Is
At the height of the housing crisis, one woman’s bureaucratic odyssey to discover who really owns her home leads her to startling revelations about the housing market.
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The New Press
Published: Jun 21, 2016
Length: 28 minutes (7,150 words)
A Brief History of Solitary Confinement
Dickens, Tocqueville, and the U.N. all agree about this American invention: It’s torture.
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The New Press
Published: Feb 9, 2016
Length: 21 minutes (5,288 words)