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An Alleged $500 Million Ponzi Scheme Preyed on Mormons. It Ended with FBI Gunfire.

by Seyward Darby February 7, 2023February 8, 2023

“In Las Vegas, a lawyer with huge gambling debts is accused of a financial fraud that left hundreds of victims in its wake.”

Posted inNonfiction

Your Wilderness Is Not Permanent

by Longreads June 3, 2020February 22, 2023

At an uncertain time in her life, Sejal Shah does Burning Man her own way.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story

The Gift Economy

by Joanne Solomon January 18, 2019October 19, 2022

In the desert at Burning Man, Joanne Solomon dissects the implicit transaction that defines her cross-cultural love affair.

Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Quotes

You’re On Death Row, You’ve Asked to Die, But the State Won’t Kill You

by Krista Stevens January 25, 2018October 19, 2022

Despite their hard-stance bluster, death penalty states rarely impose the ultimate sentence, even if you’re the prisoner and you ask them to.

Posted inNonfiction, Story

My Undertaker, My Pimp

by Longreads August 5, 2015October 19, 2022

Looking for grace in a desert brothel.

Posted inNonfiction

My Undertaker, My Pimp

by Longreads August 5, 2015October 19, 2022

Looking for grace in a desert brothel.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Why Las Vegas Doesn’t Have a Major League Sports Team

by juliawick April 15, 2015October 19, 2022

Leagues have historically avoided Las Vegas for two main reasons. Until recently, it wasn’t a particularly large metro area by population. Now, however, it ranks 30th — and is bigger than 12 areas (including Salt Lake City, Raleigh, and Buffalo) that do have pro teams. The other factor, though, has been the simple fact that Nevada law […]

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