Turkish journalist Ahmet Altan has been jailed since 2016, as part of a media purge following the failed coup d’état. Life in prison has four loci: the bed, the chair, and yard, and the imagination.
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The Promised Land
A trans activist from El Salvador who has helped countless trans migrant women fight for asylum in the U.S. finds asylum for herself.
Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
‘What’s this guy doing loose in Malheur County?’
He faked an insanity defense, got out, and immediately committed another crime, and this time people are dead. He’s going to plead insanity again.
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This Week In Books: I Bought Some Books
Am I ghoul for buying all these plague books?
Posted inCrime, Highlight, Quotes
Wayne Byerly’s Redemption Through Ratting
“Snitches get stitches” is a horrifying understatement.
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2020: Investigative Reporting
Our top picks for investigative journalism this year.
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The Mad Rush to Bulletproof American Schools
With no help from Congress, architects and school administrators are now responsible for redesigning schools to stop mass shootings. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees that the best approach is to make buildings safe without making them resemble prisons.
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Who was Behind the First State-Sponsored Computer Attack? The Russians, Quelle Surprise
“Don’t go screwing with information that belongs to innocent people!”
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How Four Americans Robbed the Bank of England
In Victorian London, a gang of U.S. hustlers attempts a ten-million-dollar heist on the safest bank in the world. Can the detective who inspired Sherlock Holmes catch them?
