The Most Thoughtful Stories You Can't Miss This Week
This week for BuzzFeed News, Joel Anderson explores the dilemma of being a black cop in Baltimore. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
The Rise and Fall of the Black Cop in Baltimore — BuzzFeed News
Baltimore has one of the most diverse police forces in the country. So why are community relations still so bad? "“When I first joined the police force, I realized right away that I’d have to have two souls." Read it at BuzzFeed News.
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Last Days — The New Yorker
William Finnegan chronicles the warped religious evolution that led a husband and wife to carry out the deadliest mass shooting since Newtown. "There had been no displays of anger, no indication. Only growing piety." Read it at The New Yorker.
Illustration by Matt Chase; Source: FBI / Getty (Portraits); Justin Sullivan / Getty (Building, Trees)
Why Do Black Women in Movies Have to Choose Between a Weave and a Relationship? — BuzzFeed
Hannah Giorgis untangles the long-standing trope that black women must go natural before finding love. "To have a weave, we’re supposed to conclude, is to be hiding from one’s true self; to be running away from blackness." Read it at BuzzFeed.
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The Secret Lives of Tumblr Teens — The New Republic
Since 2007, Tumblr has not only connected some of the loneliest teens on the internet, but turned many of them into viral sensations. Elspeth Reeve dives deep into the web's weirdest social network. “Tumblr culture has developed over the past five years as the smart weird kid in school connected with all the other smart weird kids from all the other schools all over the world." Read it at The New Republic.
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