A Botched Operation
In May of 1990, several hundred physicians gathered in a conference hall at an Atlanta hotel, as uniformed guards stood at the door. Colleagues traded tips about installing bulletproof glass in their...
View ArticleThe Abortion Rate Is Declining—For Some Women
Last week, the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice think tank based in New York, released a study showing that the abortion rate in the United States has fallen to its lowest level since 1973, when Roe...
View ArticleBehind Robert Dear’s Violence
A recluse, a drifter, a malcontent who lived in a trailer and once allegedly shot at a neighbor’s dog with a pellet gun, whose former wife reported that he’d locked her out of their home and then...
View ArticleMadness
Shortly after Harriet Krzykowski began working at the Dade Correctional Institution, in Florida, an inmate whispered to her, “You know they starve us, right?” It was the fall of 2010, and Krzykowski, a...
View ArticleA Whistle-Blower Behind Bars
On January 24, 2013, the Florida Department of Corrections received a grievance letter from an inmate named Harold Hempstead, who had been imprisoned at the Dade Correctional Institution. The letter...
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