Here Are Five Articles About Mexico's Drug War That Are Actually Worth Reading

Sean Penn has admitted that his article for Rollingstone fell short of his expectations. “Let me be clear: my article has failed,” he allowed. The piece, a strange sort of longwinded gonzo journalism, has been widely condemned for the concessions the author and magazine allowed the subject prior to publication. My preoccupations are less pedantic. I think Penn’s article is terribly written, but that’s not my main criticism. I think the piece fails because it lacks substance. I imagine th...