The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist.
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A profile of Netscape cofounder and Andreessen Horowitz venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, and a look at the current risks and rewards of tech VC funding.

Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist.
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A profile of the man The Guardian once called “the most successful non-homicidal dictator of the past century,” FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Blatter has controlled worldwide soccer for the past 17 years.
A profile of two activists, Johnetta Elzie and DeRay Mckesson, who have emerged as prominent protesters in a leaderless movement during a time when police killings have become front-page news across the U.S.

Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist.
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A profile of Freddie Roach, Manny Pacquiao’s longtime trainer.

-From Zadie Smith’s New Yorker profile of Comedy Central stars Key and Peele. Keegan-Michael Key reprised his role as Luther for President Obama’s weekend speech at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
A profile of Bill Withers, “one of the few stars in pop-music history to truly walk away from a lucrative career, entirely of his own volition, and never look back.”
A profile of the family behind the British technology company that designs and manufactures vacuum cleaners, fans and more.

Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist.
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