It’s been a busy year: Here are some noteworthy pieces that may have passed you by.
The Appeal
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Locked In, Priced Out
“The Appeal’s 9-month investigation uncovered prison commissaries’ exploitative, inconsistent systems with inside prices up to five times higher than in the community and markups as high as 600 percent.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
An unjust police killing. Nature reclamation in the fossil fuel era. Surviving a bear attack. The underbelly of the antiquities trade. And for a well-earned dessert, the legacy of the world’s first breakout video game. 1. Police Killed His Son. Prosecutors Charged the Teen’s Friends With His Murder Meg O’Connor | The Appeal & Phoenix […]
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Police Killed His Son. Prosecutors Charged the Teen’s Friends With His Murder
“It’s been four years since a Phoenix police officer killed Jacob Harris. As Harris’s friends grow up behind bars, his father won’t stop until he gets justice for his son.”