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Crime
June 5, 2014
Rebecca Traister
The Slenderman Stabbing Shows Girls Will Be Girls, Too
Adolescent angst and violence are not the exclusive domain of boys
May 30, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Were the Isla Vista Killings Preventable? A GOP Congressman Thinks So, and He's Got Bipartisan Support.
May 28, 2014
Hua Hsu
Not Just a 'White Guy Killer'
Elliot Rodger's perverse sense of racial hierarchy—and his uncertain place in it
April 30, 2014
Sam Kleiner
Clayton Lockett's Botched Execution Adds Credibility to Court Fight Over Drug Secrecy
April 17, 2014
Eve Fairbanks
Oscar Pistorius' Paranoia
To understand his defense, you need to understand South Africa
March 12, 2014
Jason Farago
Our Odd, Revealing Obsession With "Gritty" Photos of the 1970s NYC Subway
February 4, 2014
Noam Scheiber
The Case for Socialized Law

Inequality has bent American justice. Here's a radical way to fix it.
January 22, 2014
Maggie Scarf
The Unabomber Pleaded 'Guilty' 16 Years Ago Today
December 13, 2013
Alice Robb
Copycat Suicides Are Real. Are Copycat School Shootings?
December 5, 2013
Julia Fisher
Mexico's Radioactive-Material Thieves Are Probably Dying Right Now, In Exactly This Way
December 3, 2013
Ian Steadman
There's a $100 Million Bitcoin Heist Going Down Right Now
And you can watch in real time
November 11, 2013
Steven Beschloss
A Young Lee Harvey Oswald's Brief, Troubled Life in New York City
October 30, 2013
Jennifer Kirby
Death Penalty Support vs. Violent Crime: Two Graphs With Very Similar Arcs
October 23, 2013
Michael Schaffer
Maryville, Missouri Is a Lawless Hellhole
And other things you can't say about small towns
October 4, 2013
Alec MacGillis
My Lingering Disquiet Over the Capitol Hill Shooting
October 3, 2013
Mimi Dwyer, Julia Fisher
Only the Capitol Shooting Could Bring LGBT Activists and a Kansas Senator Together
September 16, 2013
Molly Redden
Navy Yard Shooting: “After a while, you just want it to stop, you know?”
June 4, 2013
Saul Elbein
The Most Dangerous Job in the World
How did 900 bus drivers end up dead in Guatemala City?
May 27, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
On "Fetal Homicide," Where Are the Feminists?
The debate about feticide has taken a back seat to abortion
May 8, 2013
Elahe Izadi
Charles Ramsey Can Be Both a Hero and a Meme
It's OK to find humor in the 'viral' star of the Ohio kidnapping story

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