Police eventually figured out who killed Jaimee Mendez, but not how or why.
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The Good Guys Aren’t Always the Good Guys
“About 50 of the 800 women housed at Rosie’s at any one time are being sexually victimized by staff.”
Posted inCrime, investigations, Quotes
In Just 40 Hours, You Too Can Be an Expert
Pamela Colloff took the same 40-hour course that is the sum total of the training many blood spatter experts claim… and it did not inspire confidence in the reliability of this particular forensic “science.”
Posted inCrime, Quotes, Science & Nature
Our Future Success Depends on Rocks from the Sky
Steve Curry’s meteor-hunting hobby went from business to obsession to a connection with Cliven Bundy, and eventually landed him in jail after an armed standoff with law enforcement.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Story
Regarding the Pain of Oprah
She gets a mansion and she gets a boat and she gets a jet! And you get to suffer and then maybe pull yourself up by your bootstraps, if you’re lucky enough and bare enough of your private pain.
Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
Redlining in the Lap Lane
An incident of police brutality in Texas highlights the ties between private pools, homeowners’ associations, and racist housing policies.
Posted inStory
Japan: A Longform Reading List of Longform Writing
Armchair travel is more important than ever, now that pandemic has forced us to stay indoors. Reading can take you across the ocean.
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‘Writing This Book Was a Weird Séance ’: An Interview With Deborah Levy
“If you have the depth, the surface can be as light as it’s possible to make it…I don’t mind that ‘Swimming Home’ is sometimes described as a ‘beach read’ — actually that’s a triumph.”
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This Month in Podcasts: Innocent Until Proven Grifty
Longreads turns 10 in two months! @Longreads is an Aries?!
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American Tests
In her quest to become truly American, Jakki Kerubo discovers what it means to belong in a place.
