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Why We Love the Lie

By Brad Hamilton | September 12, 2024 | 5 min read

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Scam City

This under-the-radar "tax" is a big reason why housing costs are soaring

By Brad Hamilton | September 05, 2024 | 5 min read

Investigation

Dying, Going Broke: A Report
on the Fate of the Disabled

By Hayden Field | August 05, 2021 | 5 min read

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Math Wizard’s Pandemic Solve

A Russian refusenik is using algorithms to cure what's killing American hospitals: chaos amid emergencies like the Covid-19 crisis.

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Deadbeateries

One quarter of New York’s famed diners rip off their workers, paying as little as $2.50 an hour. Here’s how law-breaking owners get away with it.

Analysis

Glass Ceiling Rank

How does pay equality differ accross the states? Check out this interactive graphic to learn about the different ranks.

Investigation

Star Struck

George Takei's accuser changes his story of being drugged and sexually abused by the actor activist amid our probe of the allegation.

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Frack Off!

How a mother and daughter battled a drilling company to protect their town's drinking water -- and created a new model for environmental activism.

Investigation

Looking for a Happy Ending

Inside the booming, $1 billion erotic massage industry, a blend of illicit sex, exploitation and pursuit of the American dream.

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Investigations

A tribute to Pete Hamill

Pete Hamill, the iconic writer who told stories of the abused and powerless, also stepped up for fellow journalists. Here's what he did for me.

By Brad Hamilton | August 5, 2021 | 5 min read

Investigations

Ms. Write

WOMEN ARE THE NEW STARS OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

By Brad Hamilton | January 4, 2020 | 5 min read

Investigations

An Interview with John Carreyrou

We chat with the Pulitzer Prize winner and author on how he unraveled the scandalous story of Elizabeth Holmes and her Silicon Valley start-up.

By Brad Hamilton | May 21, 2018 | 5 min read

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Dark Knight: A profile of the shadowy king of chess.

Inside the rise and fall of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the the king of Russian chess.

By Peter Madden | August 5, 2021 | 5 min read

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Football Fantasy

No classes? No campus? No problem! The worst team in college football, run by an Arkansas street preacher, exposes how shoestring schools prey on students.

By Marcus Baram, Contributing Reporter and Co-published with the New York Post | November 25, 2015 | 30 min read

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Angels of Death

A look into the pipeline that brings illegal guns to inner cities.

By Dan Patterson, Freelance Contributor | December 1, 2014 | 20 min read

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