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Five Longreads Stories Selected for 2020 Editions of the ‘Best American’ Series
Congratulations to Matthew Salesses, Tim Requarth, Mojgan Ghazirad, Shanna B. Tiayon, Joe Fassler, and The Counter, our partner in co-publishing Fassler’s piece.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Confession
‘Heil Trump’ and an anti-gay slur were scrawled on an Indiana church right after Trump’s election. The investigation led to an unlikely suspect—and the discovery of a hate crime hoax. Eventually, it led to forgiveness.
Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Story
True Crime and the Trash Balance
True crime has a reputation for being trashy, but a recent renaissance has it tipping into advocacy.
Posted inCrime, Culture, Quote Posts, Quotes
Murder in the Name of Drug Prevention
Filipinos are reckoning with their presidents’ violent approach to the drug trade.
Posted inNonfiction
‘Horror Is a Soothing Genre … It’s Upfront About How Scary It Is To Be a Woman.’
Sady Doyle discusses the connection she draws between society’s monstrous treatment of women and woman’s archetypal monstrosity.
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Hundreds of Florida Inmates Are Serving Drug Sentences No Longer in State Law
Jomari DeLeon, a mother of three, is serving the third year of a 15-year sentence for selling 48 prescription tablets to an undercover cop — a severe penalty that’s a result of Florida’s “tough on crime” laws passed in the 1990s. Lawmakers now view those old drug sentencing laws as going too far, and have […]
Posted inCrime, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
No One Knows Why Gunshots Are Terrorizing the Malibu Mountains
Dead bodies, shots fired at passing cars, rumors of a survivalist carrying a rifle — what is happening around Malibu Creek State Park, and did police capture the right suspect?
Posted inCrime, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
How to Catch a Cyber Sextortionist
“Staying quiet seemed a reasonable choice.”
