Investigative Journalism

The best investigative journalism articles and essays on the internet, ranked and collected by readers on ponder.

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The Wrong Goodbye

A wrenching decision to end life support, and the unthinkable mistake that devastated not one but two families.

Joe Sexton·ProPublica9.5(2)

Americans Encounter Risks at Psychedelic Clinics Abroad

Noah Daly&Andrew Jacobs·The New York Times

9.0(1)

Private prisons are shrouded in secrecy. I took a job as a guard to get inside—then things got crazy

Shane Bauer·Mother Jones

8.7(3)(2)

'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman

Jason Koebler·404 Media

8.0(1)

War

“Leave No Soldier Behind”: The Unsolved Mystery of the Soldier Who Died in the Watchtower

William Langewiesche·Vanity Fair

10.0(2)

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Crime

A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It?

Rachel Aviv·The New Yorker

10.0(1)

Crime

The Truth of El Mozote

Mark Danner·The New Yorker

10.0(1)

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The Man Who Refused to Spy

Laura Secor·The New Yorker

10.0(1)

Crime

The Pope and the Spy Who Loved Him

Sean Flynn·GQ

10.0(1)

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Investigative Journalism

Columbia's Last Flight

William Langewiesche·The Atlantic

10.0(1)

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William Langewiesche: The Sinking of the Estonia

William Langewiesche·The Atlantic

10.0(1)

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The Wrong Goodbye

Joe Sexton·ProPublica

9.5(2)

War

Casualties of War

Daniel Lang·The New Yorker

9.5(2)

Crime

Did Ken Dornstein Solve the Lockerbie Bombing?

Patrick Radden Keefe·The New Yorker

9.3(4)

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What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane

William Langewiesche·The Atlantic

9.3(3)

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Crime

New Orleans’s Car-Crash Conspiracy

Patrick Radden Keefe·The New Yorker

9.0(4)

Crime

Was My Teacher Murdered?

Brenna Ehrlich·Rolling Stone

9.0(1)

Health

Americans Encounter Risks at Psychedelic Clinics Abroad

Noah Daly&Andrew Jacobs·The New York Times

9.0(1)

Crime

The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 2: The Fall

Joshuah Bearman·Wired

9.0(1)

Crime

Texas has long removed Black kids from their homes, sometimes with tragic results

Roxanna Asgarian·The Texas Tribune

9.0(1)

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Inside Sweida National Hospital: Testimonies from the Days of Siege and Massacre

Najat Abdul Samad·Daraj

9.0(1)

Crime

The Innocent Man (Part 1)

Pamela Colloff·Texas Monthly

9.0(1)

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Should Airplanes Be Flying Themselves?

William Langewiesche·Vanity Fair

9.0(1)

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“The Clock Is Ticking”: Inside the Worst U.S. Maritime Disaster in Decades

William Langewiesche·Vanity Fair

9.0(1)