Longreads

Abusive Afghan Husbands Want This Woman Dead

Maria Bashir's house has been bombed; her children threatened with murder. Meet the prosecutor risking everything for justice.

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| Tue Feb. 8, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Where the Buffalo Roam

America's plains are emptying out. Should we give them back to the beasts?

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| Mon Feb. 7, 2011 1:21 PM PST

Why Screwing Unions Screws the Entire Middle Class

Plus: How much income have you given up for the top 1 percent?

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| Thu Feb. 3, 2011 6:21 PM PST

The Man Who Loved Women Too Much

Meet the lawyer who's crusading to advance women's rights—by restricting access to abortion.

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| Thu Jan. 20, 2011 4:00 AM PST

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The Ongoing Mysteries of the Elizabeth Smart Case

The verdict is in. But questions—about polygamy, prophecy, and insanity—remain.

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| Tue Dec. 14, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Weedmart: Marijuana Superstores. IPOs. Reality TV.

Meet the cocky entrepreneurs at the vanguard of the pot boom.

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| Fri Dec. 3, 2010 3:02 PM PST

Aftershocks: Welcome to Haiti's Reconstruction Hell

Dispatches from the tent cities, where rape gangs and disaster profiteers roam.

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| Tue Nov. 30, 2010 2:32 PM PST
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What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones?

Cop and reality TV videographer indicted after yearlong investigation.

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| Fri Sep. 24, 2010 4:27 PM PDT

The Juan Doe Problem: One Woman's Search for Dead Migrants' Roots

How do you identify a dead border crosser when all that remains is a pile of teeth and bones?

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| Mon Sep. 20, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

The Deadly Corruption of Clinical Trials

When you risk life and limb to help test a drug, are you helping science—or Big Pharma?

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| Mon Sep. 13, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

What's Killing the Babies of Kettleman City?

How a small-town mystery could change the way we look at pollution.

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| Thu Sep. 2, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

The BP Cover-Up

BP and the government say the spill is fast disappearing—but dramatic new science reveals that its worst effects may be yet to come.

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| Tue Aug. 10, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Exposing David J. Stern, Foreclosure Baron

The MoJo must-read that launched a national investigation.

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| Wed Aug. 4, 2010 12:01 AM PDT

Glenn Beck's Gold Gurus Charged With Fraud

In 2010, we revealed how Beck and other TV talkers hawked for Goldline. Now the company's execs are charged with fraud.

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| Wed May. 19, 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The History Behind a Dylan Classic

1963: A white socialite, a black servant, a racially charged killing, and the Bob Dylan song that immortalized them.

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| Fri May. 7, 2010 5:48 PM PDT

Burma's Crazy, Fearless—and Victorious?—Rebels

Living with the young men who risk life and limb to document the dictatorship's genocide.

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| Wed Mar. 3, 2010 4:30 AM PST

Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason

Meet the fast-growing "patriot" group that's recruiting soldiers to resist the Obama administration.

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| Mon Feb. 22, 2010 4:45 AM PST

Veg-O-Might

Do you need to eat meat to get ripped?

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| Mon Mar. 16, 2009 6:33 PM PDT

Spoiled: Organic and Local Is So 2008

Our industrial food system is rotten to the core. Heirloom arugula won't save us. Here's what will.

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| Mon Mar. 2, 2009 5:28 PM PST
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How Could 9,000 Business Reporters Blow It?

A former Wall Street Journal writer on why his colleagues bought the bull.

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| Wed Jan. 14, 2009 1:00 AM PST