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Month: November 2014

Sci-Fi Is for Everyone: Six Stories About Marginalized Groups in Science Fiction | Longreads | Nov. 30, 2014

November 30, 2014

“I’ve included essays about women in sci-fi, as well as queer representation in the genre, because it’s a thrill to see traditionally marginalized groups take on a genre that has so much to offer them. Sci-fi should be for everyone.”

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The Quiet German | The New Yorker | Nov. 30, 2014 | 58 Minutes (14,618 words)

November 30, 2014

How Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel went from research scientist to the most powerful woman in the world.

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Heroin Takes Over a House, and Mom | New York Times | Nov. 29, 2014 | 16 Minutes (4,219 words)

November 30, 2014

In one of New York City’s Staten Island neighborhoods, a mother becomes addicted to heroin and quickly turns her condominium into a drug den monitored by the police.

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How Not to Get Away With Murder | D Magazine | Nov. 26, 2014 | 24 Minutes (6,218 words)

November 29, 2014 298 Comments

Frank Howard hired a hit man—and then his extended family and their friends—to kill his wife. The criminals repeatedly told the police about their harebrained plans, who didn’t believe them. And then everything unraveled.

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week | Longreads | Nov. 28, 2014

November 29, 2014

Our favorite stories of the week, featuring New York Review of Books, ProPublica and Frontline, Texas Monthly, Wall Street Journal, and Adult magazine.

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Cheerleaders For Christ | adult-mag.com | Nov. 24, 2014 | 8 Minutes (2,128 words)

November 29, 2014

“I tell people all the time I never really drank the water, but of course that’s not totally true.” Recollections of a former cheerleader at a Texas private school attached to a Baptist megachurch.

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Man on Fire | Texas Monthly | Nov. 24, 2014 | 35 Minutes (8,778 words)

November 28, 2014

The story of Reverend Charles Moore, who set himself on fire in an empty parking lot in Grand Saline, Texas to make a statement.

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Cops & Robbers: How to Befriend a Mugger

November 28, 2014 1 Comment

A nerve-wracking standoff between two drunk college kids and a goon with a gun leads to an unexpected meeting of the minds.

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Shelter

November 28, 2014

Once a geodesic dome advocate, Lloyd Kahn now favours a very different home: hand-built, sustainable and simple The post Shelter appeared first on Aeon Magazine.

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Finding John Updike | Texas Monthly | Nov. 22, 2014

November 28, 2014

One man’s story of years of scavenging through John Updike’s trash.

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