Generation Screwed
An interactive piece looking at the bleak financial prognosis for a generation of workers.
The Bloody History of the True Crime Genre
The current trend for true crime stories told on television, in longform articles and in podcasts has a long list of precedents stretching back to the 16th century.
I’ve Done Really Bad Things
An interview with a former police officer involved in undercover drugs operations, whose views have radically changed since he left the force.
The Catch 22 of Hacktivism
Hacktivists use open source technology and publicly available information to investigate political and military activity – this piece looks into the problems their activities throw up.
Among the Zealots
A look at life for followers of CrossFit, an extreme exercise programme and lifestyle likened by some sceptics to a cult.
Wild Thing
A history of our domestication of animals, and the genetic impact this has on the animals in question, and their human keepers.
North America’s Lost Medieval City
On the trail of Cahokia, a city in what is today Illinois – at its peak around the year 1000, it was bigger than Paris, but it was later totally abandoned.
Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet?
A study of the history of the dictionary and the evolving work of lexicographers in the internet age.
The Murky History of Moderation
A deep dive into the thorny issue of how and why content posted on the web is censored.
My Aryan princess
An deep dive into an investigation of The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, a notorious white supremacist biker gang.