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No One Separates the Rich and Famous Better than Laura Wasser

She charges $850 an hour, often gets followed by TMZ, and has handled the separations of everyone from Britney Spears to Stevie Wonder.

Published: March 2, 2016
Length: 11 minutes (2995 words)
A Schoolboy Wrongly Accused

The account of a Ugandan teen wrongly accused of two murders, and the lawyer who cleared his name.

Source: BBC
Published: March 1, 2016
Length: 17 minutes (4289 words)
To Consider Myself a Human Being
How China remembers the Cultural Revolution.
Author: Ji Xianlin
Published: March 3, 2016
Length: 26 minutes (6690 words)
Sin Will Find You Out

The author retraces her birth mother's footsteps through a bygone Manhattan.

Source: Catapult
Published: March 1, 2016
Length: 11 minutes (2903 words)
Bob Dylan's Secret Archive

There have long been rumors that Bob Dylan had stashed away an extensive archive, but even die-hard Dylanologists couldn't have dreamed up anything like the 6,000-piece private trove of his work recently acquired by a group of institutions in Oklahoma. The archives hold untold insight into the songwriter’s work, but George B. Kaiser—the driving force behind the acquisition—hopes they have the power to do something much bigger: make Tulsa cool.

Author: BEN SISARIO
Published: March 2, 2016
Length: 9 minutes (2300 words)
The Guatemalan Chef Who Became a Hiroshima Comfort Food Star

The origin story of Okonomiyaki - the harmoniously messy pancake that has become a staple of post-war Hiroshima cuisine - and of its unlikely master.

Published: Oct. 27, 2015
Length: 30 minutes (7574 words)
Jodie Sweetin's Return to Predictability

A sensitive portrait of "Full House" (and "Fuller House") star Jodie Sweetin.

Author: Rachel Syme
Source: Complex
Published: Feb. 23, 2016
Length: 13 minutes (3380 words)
Is Michael Barfield a Crusader or a Con Man?

A former jailhouse lawyer, Michael Barfield now serves as vice president of the Florida ACLU and "has become, arguably, the most powerful paralegal in the state." To some, he's an invaluable government watchdog and advocate for open records, but others dismiss him as nothing more than a con man.

Author: Tony D'Souza
Published: March 1, 2016
Length: 21 minutes (5280 words)
The Weight of James Arther Baldwin
Ghansah visits the house of the revered writer and social critic in France and examines his legacy.
Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Feb. 29, 2016
Length: 23 minutes (5848 words)
On the Right to Die: John Hofsess' Secret Assisted Suicide Service
At Toronto Life, John Hofsess posthumously reveals the secret assisted suicide service he offered to eight Canadians -- among them the poet Al Purdy -- on the day of his own assisted death.
Source: Toronto Life
Published: March 1, 2016
Length: 16 minutes (4083 words)
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