Paul Solotaroff

Oct 2, 2024 | spp.umd.edu | Paul Solotaroff

As the nation approaches a pivotal election day, join the Institute for Public Leadership and the School of Public Policy for a thought-provoking exploration of the complex social challenges shaping our nation's future. Paul Solotaroff, award-winning investigative journalist and longtime contributing editor at Rolling Stone, will discuss his recent frontline reporting on gangs and policing in Los Angeles while weaving in insights from his decades of hard-hitting journalism.

Jun 19, 2024 | es.rollingstone.com | Paul Solotaroff

Alex Neville era uno de esos chicos que siempre estaba disfrazado, con sus obsesiones a la vista. A los tres años paseaba disfrazado de momia, explicando con entusiasmo el proceso de embalsamamiento a los niños de Aliso Viejo, un pueblo de Orange County, California. A los siete años, era el adicto a la Guerra Civil más pequeño del sur de California, arrastrando a su padre a recreaciones locales de la Batalla de Gettysburg.

Jun 16, 2024 | yahoo.com | Paul Solotaroff

Credit: Illustration by Justin MetzAlex Neville was one of those boys who was always in costume, wearing his obsessions on his sleeve. At three, he went around dressed as a mummy, earnestly explaining the embalming process to children in Aliso Viejo, a town in Orange County, California. At seven, he was SoCal’s shortest Civil War junkie, dragging his father to local reenactments of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Jul 1, 2023 | rollingstone.com | Paul Solotaroff

H ow many ways can a man kill himself before the devil finally says, “Well done?” For Rooster, the answer is unknowable: His seven serious bids didn’t take. There was the time he hanged himself from a tree by the river and swung there, counting heartbeats, till he died. (An old man hunting arrowheads cut his cold corpse down and pounded on his chest to bring him back.) There was the time he downed a bottle of Percocet in the bathroom of a trap house.