Archives - Vince Beiser

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Sand Crisis

The World’s Disappearing Sand
Sand is the essential ingredient that makes modern life possible. And we are starting to run out.
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The Deadly Global War for Sand
Battles sparked by sand mining have reportedly killed hundreds in recent years—including police officers, government officials, and ordinary people.
[Read online]Sand mining: the global environmental crisis you’ve probably never heard of
From Cambodia to California, industrial-scale sand mining is causing wildlife to die, local trade to wither and bridges to collapse. And booming urbanisation means the demand for this increasingly valuable resource is unlikely to let up He who controls the sand: the mining ‘mafias’ killing each other to build cities
Rapid urbanisation has made an ordinary commodity suddenly precious: sand.As cities continue to voraciously need concrete, glass and asphalt, illegal sand mining has sparked a global wave of gang violenceIs Shanghai’s Appetite for Sand Killing China’s Biggest Lake?

Criminal Justice

Vancouver vs. Fentanyl

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/06/27/vancouver-pioneered-liberal-drug-policies-fentanyl-destroyed-them

The Lion, the Polygamist, and the Biofuel Scam, Wired

How a Former Bank Robber Saved Her Football Star Son from a System Unkind to the Mentally Ill, Los Angeles Magazine

The War Vet, the Dating Site, and the Phone Call From Hell, Wired

Prescription for Death, Playboy
How painkillers destroyed the town of War, West Virginia
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The Cruelest Prison
Is “supermaximum” Pelican Bay State Prison a breeding ground for insanity?
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Kids Locked Up for Life
Should juvenile offenders be sentenced to life in prison?
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Lethal Sting
How the War on Drugs Killed a College Student

The Ultimate Forgiveness
What motivates people who befriend the murderer of someone they loved?
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Obama’s Drug Past Isn’t Hurting Him –
But Thousands Aren’t So Lucky

Burned
A brilliant but troubled CalTech student may have been convicted of a crime he didn’t commit.
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Debt to Society: The Real Price of Prisons
(This link takes you to the website of a six month investigative project which I edited and produced. I also wrote one of the articles it includes: How We Got to Two Million.)