I think most of these were posted in the old thread/around here in general but might have been lost in the crash. http://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/the-innocent-man-part-one/ http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-innocent-man-part-two/ Cliffs: Dude in texas is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife despite very little evidence, eventually gets freed. Very good read. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/ Also very tight
Lost at sea: the man who vanished for 14 months In November 2012, Salvador Alvarenga went fishing off the coast of Mexico. Two days later, a storm hit and he made a desperate SOS. It was the last anyone heard from him – for 438 days. This is his story love these: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/fisherman-lost-at-sea-436-days-book-extract
No, I thought he would eat it or at least try to eat it. I suppose maybe he did but didn't want to share that.
This is a great read.... http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/th...se-neighbor-is-a-1741346156?rev=1447088190431
ooo boy, deep web/bitcoin/crazy shit here http://www.wired.com/2015/12/bitcoi...his-unknown-australian-genius/?mbid=social_fb
really thought this was an amazing piece about a granddaughter of fred phelps and how twitter inspired her to leave westboro baptist. really nice seeing humanity emerge out of hatred http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...er-westboro-baptist-church-megan-phelps-roper
That made me very happy. Thanks for linking it. Loved how people were so kind to them after they left.
the line about fred phelps looking at the LGBT activist center across the street and saying "these are good people" made me real happy the out-pouring of support for her and her sister when they left really was awesome. most people are kind and generous and if you show them respect and love, they will return it
I read the Westboro article too. Looked up both of those girls (Megan & Grace) on the interwebs afterwards. Grace is
Sad and interesting article about a gorilla named Julia... https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2015/december/1448888400/anna-krien/danger
FNL is one of my favorite books ever, and yet somehow I never heard about this story until today. Crazy stuff. http://deadspin.com/how-the-hero-of-friday-night-lights-won-and-lost-his-go-1747949745
Oral History of Ric Flair and other pro wrestlers making a trip to North Korea to perform in 1995.... http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/201...-flair-oral-history-pro-wrestling-north-korea
Good read on Brazil's most dangerous prison gang.... http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/04/langewiesche200704
I ain't gonna brag or nothin http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/1....html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0&referer= @richarddeitsch: @laxjoe26 No problem. Just an horrible thing they did.
bloomberg stories are about the only longforms that I don't Pocket. The graphics and format are usually just as good as the story. (See that huge coding story from a few months back.)
http://www.gq.com/story/running-with-the-bullies This one is very good.... https://harpers.org/archive/2016/04/emerald-sea/?single=1
New York's Inspector General publishes details on how Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped a high-security New York prison one year ago. https://ig.ny.gov/sites/default/files/pdfs/DOCCS Clinton Report FINAL_1.pdf Pretty good writing actually for a government bureaucrat.
Posted this in the bad police thread, but it's a really good article in general. https://theintercept.com/2016/06/07...-8-minutes-now-facing-a-lifetime-of-recovery/
This is a pretty wild story.... http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/...ler-don-huckstep-teresa-jarding-milan-lekich/
Lady was really tiny to be able to manipulate those bodies and shit. And... everyone is dead. Would be a perfect Fargo Season 3.
http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/01/09/the-ballad-of-johnny-france/ http://www.bostonglobe.com/2011/10/08/allenstory/OSzdiDfmakqMxz9DMz24hM/story.html
Mother Jones had a pretty well acclaimed series of articles about being a private prison guard http://www.motherjones.com/politics...tions-corporation-inmates-investigation-bauer