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Matthew Richardson • The Scarlet Papers: The Times Thriller of the Year 2023
Range’s subcontractors pumped a total of 3,343,986 gallons of water and chemicals into the perforated pipe. Some of the chemicals were as harmless as soap; others carried greater risks. These included ethylene glycol, a neurotoxin, and elements of BTEX, the shorthand for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene. Employing pressure approaching a s
... See moreEliza Griswold • Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
On October 5, the Supreme Court refused to hear Coke Stevenson’s petition that it consider Black’s stay of the injunction. On January 31, 1949, the Court rejected Stevenson’s petition for a trial on the merits of the case. The hearing Judge Davidson had ordered would never be resumed. The remaining ballot boxes were never to be opened. The testimon
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II
Since Pennsylvania doesn’t require monitoring private wells, there was no record of what was in Buzz’s well—though it sat on a floodplain next
