What ‘don’t drop the soap’ gets wrong
just because someone has committed a crime doesn’t mean they’ve forfeited all their morals and values, and just because someone has been labelled a criminal doesn’t mean they can’t also…
Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty after US judge dismisses murder charge
NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty after a U.S. judge on Friday dismissed murder and weapons charges against the accused killer of…
Sister Helen
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was invited to write a letter to a man on death row named Elmo Patrick Sonnier. She told us, “I thought that all I was…
Discover how local communities are pushing back against Flock’s surveillance camera contracts
Learn about their victories and the hidden implications. via More Perfect Union
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall: Marylyn Remembers
Michelle Remembers is the 1980 “biographical” book that brought the idea of Satanic cults into the mainstream. In it, Michelle Smith documents years of alleged Satanic ritual abuse and the…
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall: Did Swayze Start the Fire?
In 1988, a young arts educator drove into a small town in Kentucky with a camera and a directive to teach photography to school kids. But she never got a…
History Extra podcast: Bandits & blasphemers: crime in 17th century Scotland
Which crimes were most common in Scotland in the 17th century – and what can those crimes reveal about society at the time? In today's episode, we're delving into a…
The Life and Mystery of Luigi Mangione
The national conversation about Mangione has made its way to him as he sits in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, where he receives about five to 10 letters a day. In…