The Killing of Sammy Yatim

The death of Sammy Yatim unleashed a torrent of anti-police outrage in Toronto. For most Torontonians, the video was the verdict. But what really happened on the Dundas streetcar that night? Toronto Life’s Mary Rogan on the untold story of the cop who pulled the trigger.

Author: Mary Rogan
Source: Toronto Life
Published: Aug 14, 2014
Length: 22 minutes (5,661 words)

How to Skip College — and Thrive

Grace Jay-Benjamin thrived and excelled while attending two of Philadelphia’s best schools, but decided not to attend college upon graduating from high school.

Published: Aug 28, 2014
Length: 11 minutes (2,892 words)

The Lightning Rod

Dr. Robert Lanza has racked up a slew of scientific accolades—and generated an equal amount of controversy—for his pioneering work on cloning and stem cells. He also lives alone on his own island, collects dinosaur bones, and is often the subject of Good Will Hunting comparisons.

Published: Aug 21, 2014
Length: 20 minutes (5,101 words)

Longreads’ Best of WordPress, Vol. 4

Here are 10 of our favorite stories right now from Gangrey, The Hairpin, Carrying the Gun, The Washington Post, Slice Magazine, and more.

Author: Mike Dang
Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 3, 2014

The Rise of Biblical Counseling

How biblical counseling became commonplace for millions of Christians, and why that may be problematic.

Published: Sep 2, 2014
Length: 26 minutes (6,522 words)

Dress Your Family In Your Lover’s Shoes

Hale recalls meeting a boyfriend’s eccentric family during a trip Ireland.

Source: The Hairpin
Published: Sep 2, 2014
Length: 19 minutes (4,849 words)

‘A Bunch of Native American Kids from the Rez are the Basketball Kings of Wyoming’

Meet the Wyoming Indian High School Chiefs, who are creating a basketball dynasty at a tiny school on the Wind River Reservation.

Source: The Daily Beast
Published: Sep 2, 2014
Length: 30 minutes (7,741 words)

The Antidote

The heroin epidemic raging across the country has hit the middle-class neighborhoods of Staten Island particularly hard. A drug called naloxone has the power to revive overdose victims, but is it enough to combat the community’s opioid crisis?

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Sep 8, 2014
Length: 30 minutes (7,743 words)

Children at Risk

A two-part investigation into unregulated day care in Virginia.

Part II: “After a Child’s Death, Parents Grapple With Second Guesses”

Source: Washington Post
Published: Aug 31, 2014
Length: 39 minutes (9,846 words)

‘Must Be Hard to Live on That’: A Labor Day Reading List

Five stories from the labor movement, and from workers just looking for a better opportunity for themselves.

Author: Mike Dang
Source: Longreads
Published: Sep 1, 2014