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The Top 10 MoJo Longreads From 2011

Secrets of an Indian call center, FBI "terrorists," the science of science denial, and other awesome #longreads for the holidays.

Thu Dec. 22, 2011 4:00 AM PST
prisoner

The Silent Treatment

Imagine serving decades in prison for a crime your sibling framed you for. Now imagine doing it while profoundly deaf.

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| Fri Dec. 16, 2011 4:00 AM PST
Rick Perry

No Country for Innocent Men

How a rapist's confession forced Rick Perry, champion of Texas justice, to pardon a dead man.

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| Mon Dec. 12, 2011 4:55 AM PST
A couple at a gay bar in Kampala.

Gay Ugandans Come Out Fighting

Hate speech, death threats, and "corrective rape" haven't stopped them from confronting a new wave of homophobia.

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| Fri Dec. 9, 2011 4:00 AM PST

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Elephant

The Cruelest Show on Earth

Bullhooks. Whippings. Electric shocks. Three-day train rides without breaks. Our yearlong investigation rips the big top off how Ringling Bros. treats its elephants.

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| Mon Oct. 31, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
Burning row houses behind a church in Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio's War on the Middle Class

Wherein I go home, watch public servants get axed, visit the warehouse of unbearable sorrow, hang with jobless thirtysomethings in abandoned homes, and consider whether my generation is screwed.

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| Mon Oct. 17, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush's Cyber Attack on Public Schools

Is the former Florida governor's online-education advocacy: A) a stealth attack on teachers' unions; B) presidential positioning; C) an effort to divert public money to private corporations; D) all of the above?

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| Thu Oct. 13, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
Bosco Ntaganda

After Years of Living Large in Congo, Indicted Warlord Turns Himself In

Wherein I track Congolese war criminal Bosco Ntaganda to his lair—right next to the largest peacekeeping force in the world.

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| Wed Sep. 28, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Horror Stories From Tough-Love Teen Homes

Girls locked up inside fundamentalist religious compounds. Kandahar? No, Missouri.

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| Mon Aug. 15, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Michele Bachmann: Crazy Like a Fox

She won the Ames straw poll on Saturday and is the clear favorite to win the Iowa caucuses in January. There's a method to Michele Bachmann's madness.

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| Mon Aug. 15, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

About That Model Airplane Terror Plot...

Another alleged terrorist was just busted by the FBI. But is the bureau preventing plots—or leading them?

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| Fri Jul. 29, 2011 3:44 PM PDT

God's Own Warden

If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana's Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus—or regret ever crossing his path.

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| Mon Jul. 25, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

My Summer at an Indian Call Center

Lessons learned: Americans are hotheads, Australians are drunks—and never say where you're calling from. Read the story everyone's talking about.

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| Tue Jul. 5, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

The Spam Factory's Dirty Secret

First, Hormel gutted the union. Then it sped up the line. And when the pig-brain machine made workers sick, they got canned.

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| Mon Jun. 27, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

The Man Behind Citizens United Is Just Getting Started

Meet the lawyer who could turn our elections upside down.

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| Mon May. 16, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Inside the GOP's Fact-Free Nation

From Nixon's plumbers to James O'Keefe's video smears: How political lying became normal.

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| Mon Apr. 25, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Climategate: What Really Happened?

How climate science became the target of "the best-funded, best-organized smear campaign by the wealthiest industry that the Earth has ever known."

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| Thu Apr. 21, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science

How our brains fool us on climate, creationism, and the end of the world.

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| Mon Apr. 18, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Secrets of the Tax-Prep Business

What do refund lenders see when they look at poor neighborhoods?

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| Thu Apr. 14, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Dan Rather: Inside Mark Cuban's Gilded Cage

At 79, the former CBS anchorman is still kicking ass and winning Emmys. But with his exposés sandwiched between pro wrestling and Girls Gone Wild, is anybody watching?

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| Mon Mar. 7, 2011 2:00 AM PST