LONGREADS

11.30.14 11:45 AM ET

The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Nov 24-30, 2014

Uber’s ability to annoy, a transgender crime-scene cleaner and cheerleading for Christ. The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the web this week.

By Bobbie Johnson, Matter

What exactly is it about the controversy-baiting, aggressive, indispensable taxi app that pisses so many people off? (Hint: It’s not the bullying, the bro culture, or the surge pricing.)

By Sarah Krasnostein, Narratively

How a transgender Australian found her niche cleaning up after murders, suicides, and unimaginable filth of endless variation.

By Jia Tolentino, Adult

Clear drinks, full uniform, can't lose.

By Michael Hall, Texas Monthly

For his entire life, Charles Moore sought to heed God’s call to change a broken world—fighting passionately for civil rights, helping the poor, and feeding the hungry. Until one day, in a desolate parking lot in grand saline, he decided he hadn’t done enough.

By Thao Nguyen, Longreads

“You have to carry your truth into reality.”

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By Michael Allen, Wall Street Journal

My Great-Great-Grandfather and an American Indian Tragedy