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RECENT PROJECTS
 | The Science of Gaydar
JUNE 27, 2007, New York
If sexual orientation is biological, are the traits that make people seem gay innate, too? The new research on everything from voice pitch to hair whorl. |
 | Dying To Come Out: The War On Gays In Iraq
FEBRUARY 2007, GQ
Before the fall of Saddam, Iraq was a place where gay men could live in relative security. But then the forces of hatred were unleashed, and everything changed. Consider Ali Hili, an Iraqi with a mysterious past—a man who was forced by Saddam’s secret agents to spy on the gay community. Now, after escaping with his life, he’s trying to save the ones left behind. Meet Baghdad’s new underground railroad. |
 | Freedom to Backstab
FEBRUARY 19, 2007, New York
Anthony Romero, head of the ACLU, America’s most important free-speech organization, has been accused of lying, among other transgressions—by his own mentor. Who said liberties had to be civil? |
 | Suicide bomber story ignites Hollywood interest
NOVEMBER 7, 2005, Reuters
Production company The Wolper Organization, which made its name with such miniseries as "Roots" and "The Thorn Birds," has acquired feature film rights to "Love and Terror," an article about suicide bombers. |
 | Love and Terror
JUNE 2005, The Oprah Magazine
A year ago, Yusra Abdu was a 17-year-old Palestinian girl in love with clothes, photography, and a charismatic young rebel named Hani Akad. Today, after a plot as full of twists and treachery as a Shakespearean tragedy, Hani is dead and Yusra is in jail, convicted of planning a suicide mission against Israel. |
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David France was senior investigative editor at Newsweek until 2003. His work has been published widely, including the New York Times Magazine, New York, Oprah, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Rolling Stone, and has been recognized with many awards. He has written two books, most recently "Our Fathers," an acclaimed investigation into the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis. Several films have been inspired by his work, including the landmark "Thanks of a Grateful Nation," a controversial Showtime miniseries about the first Gulf War, and the Peabody Award winner "Soldier’s Girl," about a private’s murder. A graduate of Kalamazoo College, France now lives in New York City and Margaretville, New York, where he is at work on a new book.
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