A kidnapping deemed a hoax, the newbie detective who cracked the case, and the Harvard-trained lawyer whose mental unraveling set the whole story in motion.
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A Sketch Artist, a Grieving Mother, and An Unsolved Mystery
They set out to solve a cold case. The more they dug, the more terrifying the truth became.
The Can That Was Supposed to Help Save a City
The story of Chill-Can is the story of Youngstown, Ohio’s troubled approach to economic development.
The Buddy System
There is nothing quite like it. Surfing is a way of being connected to a deeper deep, an older old.
When Death Came to Mauritius
“Black waves bring animals to the town’s shore. Sticky corpses float on the oil.”
Families Like Ours: A Reading List for the Children of Queer Parents
Some of us got to stay with our moms or dads. Others did not.
The Decline and Not-Quite-Instagrammable Fall of a Design Startup
When an interior-design startup collapses, no filter can hide the ugly truth.
The Eighth Wonder of the World*
“In exchange for billions in tax subsidies, Foxconn was supposed to build an enormous LCD factory in the tiny village of Mount Pleasant, creating 13,000 jobs.” The Verge investigates the empty promises (and empty buildings) of “Wisconn Valley.”
Inside the Airline Industry’s Meltdown
“Coronavirus has hit few sectors harder than air travel, wiping out tens of thousands of jobs and uncountable billions in revenue.”
Stand By Your Dictator
“The UN gave up trying to count the war’s death toll in 2016, when it had already reached nearly half a million. More than 10m Syrians are refugees.”
