The Week’s Best Longreads
Justin Berton, San Francisco Magazine
READ MORE A Dying Father, a Faithful Son
Unsettled by the reality that the cops can't help them, Oakland residents are hiring private patrols. Crime is down. But is the cure worse than the disease?
READ MORE The Surprisingly Good Flight 370 Novel
Mark Rice-Oxley, The Guardian
The crisis in neighbouring Ukraine has rattled Alexander Lukashenko's authoritarian regime. But with the opposition in retreat and the media silenced, can Belarus escape his grip?
READ MORE YA Adaptations Are Wiser Than You Think
Stephen S. Hall, New York
READ MORE Why Americans Should Love the World Cup
Zohydro is the new FDA-approved painkiller that some doctors think the FDA had no business approving. And in ERs across America, they’re anxiously awaiting the fallout.
Confessions of a Christian Zionist
READ MORE A New Huck on the Hardcore LGBT Hudson
John Propper, The Jewish Daily Forward
An evangelical’s road to conversion.
READ MORE Book Bag: The Best Imaginary Castles
The Secret Life of An Obsessive Airbnb Host
George Tzortzis, Narratively
READ MORE SpeedRead: How PACs Control Politics
Determined to quit his tired government job, one D.C. office drone saves $25,000 by renting his apartment nightly and secretly sleeping on the office floor.
The Church That Fought the Border Patrol—And Won
READ MORE The Bored Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Caitlin Dickson, The Daily Beast
As the immigration debate gets even more politicized, one church on the Arizona border is quietly taking up a long-held tradition of offering safe haven for families facing deportation.
READ MORE When Fiery Fact Imitates Fiction
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