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Is Ohio Purple Again?
Plus: White House targets Canada and Iran & NFL owner caught in prostitution sting
The Trial Gripping the Internet
Plus: AI pollster fools campaigns and GTA VI’s leaking issue
Stills from America
A collection of photos from our reporting around the country
Roca Mag | 36 Years in Angola: The Tragedy of Archie Williams
Plus: Why does the media love Hasan Piker, and why do celebrities today suck?
Appalachia’s Surviving Hillbillies: Don Part 2
Our extended conversation with Don, a Roca fan favorite (Substack Exclusive)
36 Years in Angola: The Tragedy of Archie Williams
I speak with a wrongfully convicted man who spent 36 years in the notorious “Angola” prison
Why the Media Loves Hasan Piker
Legacy media can’t get enough Piker, while an even bigger streamer is totally ignored
Why Celebrities Today Suck
Celebrities today are shells of themselves. The reason seems clear
What’s Killing the Family Dairy Farm
Vermont’s dairy farmers are disappearing, and we went to find out why
How Billionaires Are Killing Real Sports
In Kansas City, a dirt racing track and the Chiefs’ stadium show the splintering of sports
It’s Raining Money in California
Plus: GOP’s Data Center Dread and Drama Near the DPRK
Roca’s Most Popular Articles of the Week
An illiterate woman in 2026, Flock backlash, and Gen Z’s dating crisis
The Flock Backlash Continues
Is the panic surrounding Flock Safety justified?
Epstein + Porn = AI Wife?
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s secretive wife
Florida’s Wild Election Night
Plus: Harry & Meghan moving back to the UK and Moderna’s cancer vaccine takes a big step
All Eyes on Natalie
Plus: Tupac Killing Trial Begins and Meta on Trial
Inside Upstate New York’s Vacant Factory Towns
These towns boomed hard, then busted harder
The Flock Backlash Continues
Plus: Democratic Socialists take Florida and the craziest new iOS app
AI Wife with Sketchy Past
Plus: Hollywood's $4B summer, Mangione pleads guilty, & polar bear prank gone wrong
Stills from America
A collection of our favorite photos from recent reporting trips around America
Roca Mag | Inside the Old South
Plus: Why Gen Z men feel like losers & the South's cultural takeover
Inside the Old South
In the Bootheel, we meet an illiterate woman, a Son of the Confederacy, and a tugboat team on the Mississippi River
The South’s Cultural Takeover
The cultural power in America is shifting toward the South in nearly every domain. Why?
Why Gen Z Men Feel Like Losers
How social media’s most radical voices have exacerbated Gen Z’s dating problem
Why People Speak the Way They Do
Accents are dying out; a linguist helps us understand those that remain