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The Fascinating History Behind a Set of Miniature Murder Scenes

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

“Forensics pioneer and miniaturist Frances Glessner Lee crafted tiny dioramas in the 1940s to teach investigators to search for clues and assess a scene.”

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UN Peacekeepers Fathered Dozens Of Children In Haiti. The Women They Exploited Are Trying To Get Child Support.

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 2, 2021October 19, 2022

“The newborns became toddlers, and the toddlers school children. Soon, they began asking questions. Where is my father? Why don’t I look like the other kids?”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The World Has Changed, But The Hospitality Industry Hasn’t. That’s Bad For Workers.

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 8, 2021October 19, 2022

“After 15 months of tumult, not everyone is ready or willing to return to a job that underpays, offers no paid sick leave, and treats them as expendable.”

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Why Am I Sp Bad At Typign?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 19, 2021October 19, 2022

“To solve my typos, I had to become a typo.”

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads March 26, 2021October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Max Blau, Venessa Wong, Hope Wabuke, David Dayen, and Mark Sundeen.

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This Is Where 150 Years Of Ignoring Anti-Asian Racism Got Us

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 22, 2021October 19, 2022

“For so long, we’ve thought keeping our heads down and being invisible in America might help us gain acceptance — but the recent wave of racist violence has shattered that myth.”

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

“I Was at a Loss for Any Facts that Would Actually Stick”: An Investigative Reporter on Losing His Mom to QAnon

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 18, 2021October 19, 2022

At BuzzFeed News, Albert Samaha describes his effort to save his mom from QAnon.

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My Mom Believes In QAnon. I’ve Been Trying To Get Her Out.

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 15, 2021October 19, 2022

“The irony gnawed at me: My entire vocation as an investigative reporter was predicated on being able to reveal truths, and yet I could not even rustle up the evidence to convince my own mother that our 45th president was not, in fact, the hero she believed him to be.”

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The Factories in the Camps

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 30, 2020October 19, 2022

Forced labor on a vast scale is taking place inside Xinjiang’s detention centers.

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“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 15, 2020October 19, 2022

An internal memo from fired data scientist Sophie Zhang explains how Facebook knew that politicians around the world were engaged in “inauthentic activity” on the social network in order to manipulate voters.

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