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Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You
The Pain of Caring for a Parent Who Abused You
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The Reckoning
The Reckoning
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The Way Home is a Circle
The Way Home is a Circle
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A Family Secret No More
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A Family Secret No More
Susan Saulny·The New York Times
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Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret
Crime
Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret
Ben Taub·The New Yorker
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Traversing the Darien Gap, the Longest Walk to America
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Traversing the Darien Gap, the Longest Walk to America
Nadja Drost·The California Sunday Magazine
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I Thought My Mother Was an Only Child. I Was Wrong.
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I Thought My Mother Was an Only Child. I Was Wrong.
Jennifer Senior·The Atlantic
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An Egyptian Vase by Jago Rackham
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An Egyptian Vase by Jago Rackham
Jago Rackham·The Paris Review
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“Your Honor, Can I Tell the Whole Story?”
Crime
“Your Honor, Can I Tell the Whole Story?”
Nick Chrastil·The Atavist Magazine
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The Pretender
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The Pretender
John Rosengren·The Atavist Magazine
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The Fugitive Next Door
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The Fugitive Next Door
Greg Donahue·The Atavist Magazine
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The Golden Suicides
Psychology
The Golden Suicides
Nancy Jo Sales·Vanity Fair
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A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
Culture
A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
Ara Rosenthal·Wired
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Who Killed the Fudge King?
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Who Killed the Fudge King?
Tom Donaghy·The Atavist Magazine
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Damages
Health
Damages
Rae Nudson·The Atavist Magazine
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The Girl in the Window: A feral child was rescued, given a chance at a better life
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The Girl in the Window: A feral child was rescued, given a chance at a better life
Lane DeGregory·Tampa Bay Times
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The Bravest Woman in Seattle
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The Bravest Woman in Seattle
Eli Sanders·The Stranger
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Private prisons are shrouded in secrecy. I took a job as a guard to get inside—then things got crazy
Crime
Private prisons are shrouded in secrecy. I took a job as a guard to get inside—then things got crazy
Shane Bauer·Mother Jones
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A survivor's life
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A survivor's life
Eli Saslow·Washington Post
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The Worst Story I Ever Heard
Nature
The Worst Story I Ever Heard
Rich Schapiro·Esquire
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Two Shallow Graves
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Two Shallow Graves
Jason Arment·Books & Collections
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This Russian Family Lived Alone in the Siberian Wilderness for 40 Years, Unaware of World War II or the Moon Landing
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This Russian Family Lived Alone in the Siberian Wilderness for 40 Years, Unaware of World War II or the Moon Landing
Mike Dash&Ellen Wexler·Smithsonian Magazine
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The Jungle Prince of Delhi
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The Jungle Prince of Delhi
Ellen Barry·The New York Times
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