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      The Week’s Best Longreads for December 7, 2013

      Longreads

      The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the web this week. By David Sessions.

      David Sessions

      Updated Jul. 11, 2017 5:32PM ET / Published Dec. 07, 2013 5:45AM ET 

      The Miracle MakerSam Seibert, The Daily Beast

      The extraordinary life of the man who liberated South Africa—and then kept the country from falling apart.

      On SmarmTom Scocca, Gawker

      From literature to politics, smarm—an insistence on civility, a finger-wagging disapproval of negativity—is doing its best to keep the cultural elite insulated from criticism.

      The Homeschool ApostatesKathryn Joyce, The American Prospect

      They were raised to carry the fundamentalist banner forward and redeem America. Now, the “Joshua Generation” is rebelling.

      What Would Jesus Film?Christopher Kelly, D Magazine

      With a little oil money and a lot of faith, Dallas has become the production center for Christian entertainment.

      The Men Who Leaked the SecretsJanet Reitman, Rolling Stone

      How two angry, isolated geeks—Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald—broke the story of the year.

      Netflix’s War on Mass CultureTim Wu, The New Republic

      Binge-watching was just the beginning. Netflix has a plan to rewire our culture.

      For more great longreads, visit our friends at Longreads.com.

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