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David Mamet’s Theory of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
After hearing about our podcast, the acclaimed playwright sent Joe Nocera a letter outlining his own theory of the crime—one that puts Charles Lindbergh…
Joe Nocera
24M
EXCLUSIVE: Justice Department Closes In on Illegal Alien for Smuggling Unaccompanied Minors
Trump officials claim that relaxed screening rules left unaccompanied children in traffickers’ hands. Now one alleged schemer may face charges.
Audrey Fahlberg
Why Did the Murders Stop in Baltimore? Plus. . .
Are ob-gyns exacerbating the fertility crisis? Matti Friedman on ‘School of War.’ Ditch the Whoop and drink the wine! And more.
The Free Press
Why Did the Murders Stop in Baltimore?
The number of homicides fell to a 60-year low after city leaders finally decided to start taking violence seriously enough.
Charles Fain Lehman
Agatha Christie and the Kidnapping That Inspired Her Greatest Mystery
Joe Nocera on the Lindbergh kidnapping, and why the world’s best-selling novelist grabs readers like nobody else.
Shilo Brooks
53M
Rod Dreher: What the San Diego Mosque Shooters Believed
The teenage killers’ manifesto contains ominous echoes of the past, and is a dark warning of our future.
Rod Dreher
The Evil of the San Diego Mosque Shooting
The actions of these two young men can never be excused. And our willingness to say so cannot falter or fail based on our politics or our differences…
David Ingber
Meet the Mangione Press Corps
They include a ‘Hot Girls for Zohran’ influencer and a Fulbright scholar turned sex video game creator.
Olivia Reingold
Why We’re Reopening the Lindbergh Files
The Lindbergh kidnapping gripped America like nothing before or since. More than 90 years later, our new podcast series investigates a story stranger…
Joe Nocera and Poppy Damon
4M
Illegal Immigrant Crime Is Its Own Kind of Tragedy
Few Democrats acknowledge what most Americans believe: Tolerance should be far lower for crimes committed by people who entered the country illegally.
Charles Lane
The Rise and Fall of America’s First N-Word Influencer
‘Chud the Builder’ goes viral by walking up to black people and using racial slurs. He was just arrested for shooting someone. How did we get here?
River Page
EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Accuse Brown of Putting ‘Anti-Police Activism’ Ahead of Public Safety
A letter denounced years ‘of eager capitulation’ before the December shooting that killed two students and injured nine.
Tanner Nau
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