Goodbye to ‘Some Sort of Beat Jesus’
How Jerry Became Joey And HassanJack Kerouac made a character of him; Allen Ginsberg a roommate. And Miles Davis was just one of the musicians who used him as a driver and drug hook-up.
How That Giant Trump Chicken Descended on Alcatraz
Chicken of the SeaA group of six protesters raised $10,000 to troll a right-wing rally last August. That rally was called off, they promised to find a new day for it. Saturday, that day came.
Parkland Teacher Opposed to Gun Control Has Change of Heart
CONVERSIONUntil Wednesday, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School teacher Ashley Kurth opposed gun control. Then she sheltered 65 kids from a murderous gunman.
This Florida Teacher Hid 65 People During a Massacre
SAVIORWhen a shooter began firing on her school, Ashley Kurth instantly reacted. ‘I just started grabbing as many kids as I could,’ she tells The Daily Beast.
She Said Vince McMahon Assaulted Her. Prosecutors Shrugged.
Memory HoleShe said the wrestling and future XFL magnate told her after she got away that “he was only trying to have some fun.” Then a Florida prosecutor decided not to press charges.
The ‘Sociopath’ Scholar Who Made Art Films of His Crimes
The Well-Lubricated Joey BanksOut of Rikers and facing a bank robbery charge in Providence, he’s trying to complete his masterpiece of ‘autobiographical fiction’ that began with buying a dime bag.