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Posted inNonfiction

Best of 2022: Investigative Reporting

by Longreads December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

The incredible stories that exposed abuses of both power and people.

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Posted inNonfiction

‘Stay Away From Miller’

by Longreads September 1, 2022October 19, 2022

A pioneering humanities program shaped a generation of students and brought acclaim to a public high school in Los Angeles. But beneath the excellence lurked a culture of abuse.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Marilyn Manson: The Monster Hiding in Plain Sight

by Carolyn Wells November 16, 2021October 19, 2022

“Even as speculation grew online that Warner was Wood’s alleged abuser, the traditional media remained largely silent. Virtually no major outlets prior to 2020 directly referenced or alluded to the accusations against him in their profiles, interviews, or album reviews.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Stories Only Women Are Told

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

“Women need to keep talking. To one another, sure. But also, to the boys and men we hold dear—and not just in times like these, in times of crisis when it feels like we are simply shouting our despair into the void.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Reckoning: Rape Culture and the Crisis in British Schools

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

“After Scarlett Mansfield collated 200 accounts of sexual harassment, inspectors put her former school on notice. Could it be the first of many?”

Posted inBusiness, Crime, Curation, Current Events, Highlight, Nonfiction

The Silencing of #MeToo Reporting in Germany

by Seyward Darby January 28, 2021February 22, 2023

How an HIV specialist in Germany is using media law to erase reporting of sexual abuse allegations against him.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Popular Online Learning Platform Was Actually Created by an Underground Religious ‘Cult’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 13, 2020October 19, 2022

OneZero investigates remote learning platform Acellus and its cult leader, Roger Billings, who has been accused of violence and abuse.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Survivors of an International Buddhist Cult Share Their Stories

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 29, 2020October 19, 2022

Matthew Remski investigates decades of abuse at Shambhala International.

Posted inNonfiction

Self Portrait as a Human Interest Story

by Emi Nietfeld December 11, 2019December 30, 2022

Reflecting on the adversities and victories of her youth, Emi Nietfeld interrogates how narratives of resilience minimize suffering.

Posted inEditor's Pick

One Night at Mount Sinai

by Sari Botton October 16, 2019October 19, 2022

Lisa Miller exposes Mount Sinai Hospital’s culture of sexism and bullying, which enabled emergency room doctor David Newman to sexually abuse female patients before one of them, Aja Newman (no relation) brought him down.

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