Terence Cantarella, writing at the Miami New Times, examines a crazy neighborhood feud — that KEPT getting crazier. It’s a great piece of longform reporting.
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Scientists Are Giving Dead Brains New Life. What Could Go Wrong?
Matthew Shaer, writing for The New York Times, reveals how scientists have discovered a way to, essentially, keep brains alive indefinitely. It’s a great piece of science reporting — with important ramifications for all of humanity.
Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex.
In a joint project by The New York Times and the El Paso Times, reporters Simon Romero, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Manny Fernandez, Daniel Borunda, Aaron Montes and Caitlin Dickerson offer an interactive look inside the controversial migrant detention center in Clint, Texas.
The Bicycle Thief
Steven Leckart, writing for Chicago Magazine, has this shocking story.
The Mysterious Life (and Death) of Africa’s Oldest Trees
Jaime Lowe, writing for Topic, examines baobab trees — as integral a part of the Botswana ecosytem as they are a part of local culture. Unfortunately, the scientists who discovered that ancient baobabs are dying have no clear explanation why.
How Cartographers for the U.S. Military Inadvertently Created a House of Horrors in South Africa
Kashmir Hill at Gizmodo spins this compelling story — and puts a remarkably human face on an ugly chapter in American history.
His Only Living Boy
Casey Parks, writing for The Trace in partnership with Mississippi Today, shares the truly remarkable tale of Roger Stringer v. Remington.
American Ghostwriter
Sean Patrick Cooper, writing for The Baffler, takes a close look at the future of ghostwriting.
This City's Air Is Killing People. Here's Why...
Factories along the Mexican border pollute the air and water in neighboring cities at deadly rates, while government regulators fail to rein in those responsible, Ian James, writing for the (Palm Springs, CA) Desert Sun, reports.
These Women Say a Bangor Prison Guard Sent Them Obscene Photos. It Stayed a Secret for Years.
Prison employees in Maine kept secret allegations of a supervisor who sent female guards obscene photos and sexually assaulted at least one inmate in the laundry room, Erin Rhoda and Callie Ferguson reports for the Bangor Daily News.
How a Lack of State Oversight Leaves Children in Day Cares Across Texas Unwatched
In Texas, children are sexually abused or killed at alarming rates inside daycare facilities with little oversight, Andrea Ball and Tony Plohetski reported. In a yearlong investigation, the team reviewed 40,000 inspection records and built a database to look for patterns.
Judge says Judicial Qualifications Commission Director Ordered Him Off Case Involving Influential Attorneys
The head of Georgia's judicial oversight body urged a tough judge to drop a case involving influential lawyers and politicians without any formal complaint or motion to recuse, Johnny Edwards reports.
Violated: How the Indian Health Service Betrays Patient Trust and treaties in the Great Plains
Native American patients in two federally run hospitals in South Dakota needlessly die while thousands more face limited access to primary care providers, long wait times for basic medical treatments and outstanding medical debt.
‘I Want to Live Like a Human Being’: Where N.Y. Fails Its Mentally Ill
A cutting-edge program to help severely mentally ill people live on their own has endangered people who were not ready, a new investigation shows. And some have died.
‘The World Moves On And You Don’t.’ Parents Who Lost Children in School Shootings Find Comfort in a Group No One Wants to Join
Mitchell Dworet and Melissa Willey have never met and don’t have much in common. Dworet, whom everyone calls Mitch, is an outgoing real estate agent from a busy part of Florida; Willey is a reserved stay-at-home mother of nine from a small town in southern Maryland. But one thing unites them: both had kids on a high school swim team, and now both of those kids are dead.
For Healthcare, Please Take a Number
When 8-year-old Adam goes to a new place, it can be exciting, almost overwhelming. A visit to a Mexican diner is more than enough to set him off. His head snaps left and right, attempting to take in the scene. His hands begin working, moving up and down excitedly until he is nearly lifting himself off the ground with his “flapping,” as his mother, Heather LeDoux, calls it.
“I have to tell him, ‘No flying at the table,’” LeDoux says. “What I'm trying to do is I'm trying to get him to be aware of how he feels in that moment.”
Adam was born with 10 fingers, 10 toes, and a clean bill of health. But from the moment she took him home, LeDoux — a first-time mother living in her hometown of Questa — was certain something was different.
Making President Trump’s Bed: A Housekeeper Without Papers
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — During more than five years as a housekeeper at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Victorina Morales has made Donald J. Trump’s bed, cleaned his toilet and dusted his crystal golf trophies. When he visited as president, she was directed to wear a pin in the shape of the American flag adorned with a Secret Service logo.
Because of the “outstanding” support she has provided during Mr. Trump’s visits, Ms. Morales in July was given a certificate from the White House Communications Agency inscribed with her name.
Quite an achievement for an undocumented immigrant housekeeper.
The Real Goldfinger: The London Banker Who Broke the World
The true story of how the City of London invented offshore banking – and set the rich free.