1. Life Below the Poverty Line in Banktown, USA
Lisa Rab | Charlotte Magazine | Feb. 1, 2016 | 15 minutes (3,769 words)
A searing, nuanced portrait of a single mother living in poverty in Charlotte, N.C.
2. My Last JDate
Esther Schor | Tablet Magazine | Feb. 10, 2016 | 37 minutes (9,455 words)
A three-part essay on Jewishness, cancer, and finding love in your fifties. (Read Part II and Part III).
3. Justin Bieber Would Like to Reintroduce Himself
Caity Weaver | GQ | Feb. 11, 2016 | 21 minutes (5,338 words)
Justin Bieber is not easy to talk to. Despite that, Caity Weaver is able to write a funny and engaging celebrity profile of the pop star.
4. A Killing in the Hills
Nicholas Phillips | Riverfront Times | Feb. 10, 2016 | 23 minutes (5,882 words)
Looking for answers in a decades-old murder case set deep in the Missouri Ozarks.
5. The Wow Factor
Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham | ESPN | Feb. 11, 2016 | 24 minutes (6,044 words)
The story behind the complicated and bitter fight between owners in the NFL over which teams would have the right to move to Los Angeles and build a stadium.
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