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Week of Apr 27, 2015
Unraveling Nashville
The Forgotten Supervillain of Antebellum Tennessee
by Betsy Phillips
In a brutal business defined by cruelty, Isaac Franklin was perhaps the worst slave trader in all of cotton country—and the richest man in the south. Yet today his heinous crimes are long forgotten.
21 minutes
Nashville
A Bittersweet Ballad for a Bygone Music City Mash-up
by Chloe Stillwell
My mom and dad were fun-loving lounge singers with endless energy and outrageous perms to match. Then they became parents, Nashville became “cool,” and we all started to wonder what might have been.
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Week of Apr 20, 2015
Poisoning the Planet
The Great African Rip-Off
by Dana Ullman
As Russian and American oil companies stream into a new energy hotspot, most residents of rural Uganda are left with only broken promises and degraded land.
15 minutes
Drilling, Dollars and Disease Down North
by Nika Knight
The discovery of oil-rich tar sands brought a modern-day gold rush to a remote stretch of Western Canada. But some locals fear that disaster may also loom beneath the surface.
Toxic Gumbo
by Giles Clarke | Text by Michael Stahl
The waterway linking Gulf Coast oil with the refineries of Baton Rouge has brought great prosperity to Louisiana. But the people living in “Cancer Alley” have a different story to tell.
The Underground Inferno that Created a Ghost Town
by Anthony Taille
Fifty years ago, this prosperous Pennsylvania coal town was ripped apart by a devastating subterranean mine fire. Today, the flames still burn in Centralia.
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When the Long Island Coliseum Falls
by Nicholas Hirshon
On the eve of the New York Islanders’ departure for the hated big city, one super-fan looks back fondly at a hockey arena that doubled as a point of pride for NYC’s much-mocked suburbs.
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