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John Thompson was nearly executed for crimes he didn’t commit. His case raises a question: when prosecutors hold all the cards, can any defendant get a fair trial? (article)
The Washington Post journalist, imprisoned in Tehran for five hundred and forty-four days, tells David Remnick how he suffered as a pawn in an Iranian government intrigue. (article)
John Thompson was nearly executed for crimes he didn’t commit. His case raises a question: when prosecutors hold all the cards, can any defendant get a fair trial? (episode)
John Thompson was nearly executed for crimes he didn’t commit. His case raises a question: when prosecutors hold all the cards, can any defendant get a fair trial?
The Washington Post journalist, imprisoned in Tehran for five hundred and forty-four days, tells David Remnick how he suffered as a pawn in an Iranian government intrigue.
Denise Ho had stadium tours, product endorsements, and movie deals—until she used her celebrity for political activism in China. Plus, Calvin Trillin fails Drama 101. (article)
The filmmaker talks about the abuse accusations against R. Kelly. Her new documentary implicates him, his enablers, and even his fans. (article)
A new documentary implicates singer R. Kelly, his enablers, and even his fans in a history of abuse allegations. And the singer Denise Ho reflects on the cost of taking a stand in China. (episode)
The filmmaker talks about the abuse accusations against R. Kelly. Her new documentary implicates him, his enablers, and even his fans.
Denise Ho had it all: stadium tours, product endorsements, movie deals. All that changed when she used her celebrity for political activism.
Tariffs and trade wars are things of the past, a Chinese venture capitalist says. The real challenge will come when China’s tech sector outpaces Silicon Valley.
For forty years, the New Yorker writer violated a fundamental rule: marriages in literature should be unhappy.
Vjeran Tomic carried out the biggest art heist of his generation: seventy million dollars’ worth of paintings removed from a Paris museum. But that’s where his troubles began. (article)
Donald Trump’s image got a serious makeover when he became a reality-TV star. It carried him all the way to the White House. (article)
The burglar took seventy million dollars’ worth of art from a French museum. Selling it, he found, was harder than stealing it. Plus: the most expensive jobs in Wisconsin. (episode)
In an ongoing series of sonnets, the writer describes what it feels like to be a black man in America right now.
Donald Trump’s image got a serious makeover when he became a reality-TV star. It carried him all the way to the White House.
Vjeran Tomic carried out the biggest art heist of his generation: seventy million dollars’ worth of paintings removed from a Paris museum. But that’s where his troubles began.
A Taiwanese electronics giant building a plant in Wisconsin should have been a great deal for American workers. Instead, they’ll be paying for decades.
Riley’s activist hip-hop and his satirical, absurdist film have one big thing in common: a sharp critique of capitalism. (article)