Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Longreads Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, and Contributing Editor Aaron Gilbreath share what they've been reading and nominate stories for the Weekly Top 5 Longreads.   

 

This week:

[1:13] "An Unseen Victim of the College Admissions Scandal: The High School Tennis Champion Aced Out by a Billionaire Family." (Daniel Golden and Doris Burke, October 8, 2019, ProPublica)

[14:02] “This economist has a plan to fix capitalism. It's time we all listened.” (João Medeiros, October 8, 2019, Wired)

[23:00] “Signs and Wonders” (J.D. Daniels, May 1, 2017, Esquire)

 

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