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Adam Popescu
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Gitmo Turned Its Inmates into Artists. Now, They Want to Send a Message.
A story about the prison that will never close. The men who became artists inside it. And some uncomfortable truths about America.
ADAM POPESCU
What Happened When One Illinois Town Passed Reparations
Is Evanston a model for the rest of the nation? Or a cautionary tale? A story of idealism meeting reality.
ADAM POPESCU
Men of No Country
Hundreds of thousands of citizens are busy figuring out how to disobey the courts, avoid taxes, and find ways to circumvent the U.S. government. They…
ADAM POPESCU
Flight Club: Is the Movement to Rename the Audubon Society for the Birds?
John James Audubon owned slaves. The famous conservation organization bearing his name is now riven over what to do about this history.
ADAM POPESCU
A Skirt, a Wig, and a Glock-19
With antisemitic hate crimes on the rise, Orthodox Jewish women are packing heat to defend their communities.
ADAM POPESCU
Your iPhone Was Built with Child Labor
‘Rarely in history has the practice of preying on the weak been so severe, generated such profit, and touched the lives of so many.’
ADAM POPESCU
The Secrets in Our Skies
We shot down four objects floating over U.S. airspace, but gave up looking for three. What were they exactly—and what is the government not telling us?
ADAM POPESCU
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