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.
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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.)
The Secret Life Of A Crime Scene Cleaner
By Sarah Krasnostein, Narratively
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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.
Platinum: A Singer Visits a Women’s Prison
By Thao Nguyen, Longreads
“You have to carry your truth into reality.”
By Michael Allen, Wall Street Journal
My Great-Great-Grandfather and an American Indian Tragedy
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