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Ben Feuerherd is a journalist based in New York. He previously worked for the New York Post’s metro section, where he covered everything from murder trials to Park Slope parking disputes. He currently works as a digital editor at NBC, and has bylines in publications including Salon, Narratively and the National Catholic Reporter.

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Goodbye to ‘Some Sort of Beat Jesus’

How Jerry Became Joey And Hassan

Jack 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.

Ben Feuerherd | Published Mar 03, 2018

How That Giant Trump Chicken Descended on Alcatraz

Chicken of the Sea

A 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.

Ben Feuerherd | Published Feb 17, 2018

Parkland Teacher Opposed to Gun Control Has Change of Heart

CONVERSION

Until Wednesday, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School teacher Ashley Kurth opposed gun control. Then she sheltered 65 kids from a murderous gunman.

Ben Feuerherd | Published Feb 16, 2018

This Florida Teacher Hid 65 People During a Massacre

SAVIOR

When 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.

Ben Feuerherd | Published Feb 15, 2018

She Said Vince McMahon Assaulted Her. Prosecutors Shrugged.

Memory Hole

She 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.

Ben Feuerherd | Published Jan 26, 2018

The ‘Sociopath’ Scholar Who Made Art Films of His Crimes

The Well-Lubricated Joey Banks

Out 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.

Ben Feuerherd | Published Sep 28, 2017

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