“For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. Columbia let him keep working.”
ProPublica
How Social Media Apps Could Be Fueling Homicides Among Young Americans
“Taunts that once could be forgotten now live on before large audiences, prompting people to take action.”
Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia—Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists
“The recent transformation of the state’s election laws explicitly enabled citizens to file unlimited challenges to other voters’ registrations. Experts warn that election officials’ handling of some of those challenges may clash with federal law.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s edition highlights stories by Megan Greenwell, Kerry Howley, Jeremy B. Jones, Marian Bull, and Ava Kofman.
Inside the Secretive World of Penile Enlargement
“How a doctor’s two-decade quest to grow the penis is leaving some men desperate and disfigured.”
Working on the Edge: A Reading List About Extreme Jobs
A livelihood is not a life—yet many risk the latter in order to create the former.
As Rail Profits Soar, Blocked Crossings Force Kids to Crawl Under Trains to Get to School
“How much should they risk to get to school?”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This edition features stories from Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, and Alex Mierjeski, Michael Hall, Ben Goldfarb, Meg Bernhard, and Angela Burke.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This edition features stories from Craig Silverman and Bianca Fortis, Kimon de Greef, Tom Vanderbilt, Diane Mehta, and George Stiffman.
The Night Raids
“A reporter returns to investigate her past and unravel the legacy of the secretive Zero Units.”