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THE FACTORY
A year ago in September, strangeness was afoot in Boston. A gorilla roamed the streets of Dorchester, and the Red Sox made the playoffs. Water...
New Yorker, The, 10/18/04 by Katherine Boo · More from publication -
THE BEST JOB IN TOWN
One Monday this spring, a forty-three-year-old salesclerk at the Home Depot in Plano, Texas, scribbled some updates onto an old resume and took it...
New Yorker, The, 07/05/04 by Katherine Boo · More from publication -
The Black Gender Gap
Ten years ago shoe-leather urbanologists found their primary source material in the late-night crack market. Today they're better off rising early...
Atlantic, The, 01/01/03 by Katherine Boo · More from publication -
The new writers' bloc: they've got attitude, humor, and an eye for detail. But could journalism's new stylists do more? - influence of journalist Maureen Dowd
More political journalists are attempting to imitate the writing style of Maureen Dowd, who popularized well-written character profiles over...
Washington Monthly, 11/01/92 by Katherine Boo · More from publication -
Reform school confidential; what we can learn for three of America's boldest school reforms
A variety of factors cause the best school reform ideas to fail. For example, tenure systems make firing some incompetent teachers almost...
Washington Monthly, 10/01/92 by Katherine Boo · More from publication -
Universal soldier: what Paula Coughlin can teach American women - sexual assault victim demands justice - Cover Story
Naval aviator Paula Coughlin demanded that the Navy bring her sexual attackers to justice and showed American women that injustice can be...
Washington Monthly, 09/01/92 by Katherine Boo · More from publication -
Wolves in cheap clothing: in search of substance in the new downscale style - Cover Story
Downscale chic is catching on as a fashion due to a reaction against the materialist excesses and snobbery that characterized the 1980s. Much of...
Washington Monthly, 07/01/92 by Katherine Boo · More from publication -
The Hillary loophole - Hillary Clinton
Many wives of politicians are pursuing careers as lobbyists or in government service. The potential for conflicts of interest is great. For...
Washington Monthly, 05/01/92 by Katherine Boo · More from publication -
Grow up, twenty-somethings. You can go home again
The economic recession is causing many people in their 20s to move back in with parents. Many people see this as a sign of failure and are ashamed...
Washington Monthly, 04/01/92 by Katherine Boo · More from publication -
Why we need a new Marx; because the market isn't moral
A new Karl Marx is needed to make up for the excesses of capitalism. Sweeping reforms must be made in US economic policy and business regulation to...
Washington Monthly, 03/01/92 by Katherine Boo · More from publication
