Roja Heydarpour

Roja Heydarpour is a former editor at The Daily Beast. She has reported for the The New York Times and The Times-Tribune.

FORECASTING

How ‘Infinite Jest’ Predicted the Future

As David Foster Wallace’s behemoth of a novel turns 20, its literary excellence is now being matched by its prescience on everything from binge-watching to earbuds.

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India's First Gay Prince

In the last decade, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil got married, got divorced, came out of the closet, and talked to Oprah Winfrey—and now, he's spreading awareness about a spreading HIV crisis in India.

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IN THE SHADOWS

A Serial Killer Victim’s Secret Life

Eerie links are cropping up between the Long Island serial killer's victims. Christine Pelisek talks to the family and boyfriend of Melissa Barthelemy about her final hours.

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COLD CASES

The Serial Killer Sisterhood

Relatives of the prostitutes found dead on Long Island talk about calls from the alleged killer, finding each other on Facebook, and why they'll be at the crime scene in June.

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Zainab Salbi: 'All the Guilt, It's Not Worth It'

Zainab Salbi, the founder of Women for Women International, an organization that helps women survivors of war, shared the story of her childhood and the maid who she also called sister.

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Roja Heydarpour

How ‘Infinite Jest’ Predicted the Future

India's First Gay Prince

A Serial Killer Victim’s Secret Life

The Serial Killer Sisterhood

Zainab Salbi: 'All the Guilt, It's Not Worth It'

Why Iran's Protesters Won't Quit

Iran's Execution Binge

Iranian Royal Family's Suicide Tragedy

Shot by Her Husband, Point Blank

Not All Terrorists Are Stupid, Juan