This week for BuzzFeed News, Albert Samaha explores how, for those exonerated from prison, living free doesn’t necessarily mean living easy. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed News and around the web.
Exonerated and Out of Prison — and That’s When the Trouble Starts — BuzzFeed News
Scores of former convicts are exonerated every year, and the number is growing. But for Clarence Harrison and many others, walking out of the pen with a clear name and cash for all the years lost doesn’t mean living happily ever after. Read it at BuzzFeed News.
Georgia Innocence Project
The Children of ISIS — Rolling Stone
Janet Reitman chronicles the story of three Chicago teens who, after attempting to flee the country and join ISIS, are now facing potential charges of terrorism. As many young, Western Muslims struggle to maintain their identities in societies that stigmatize them, online networks have become fertile ground for ISIS to find it's most impressionable — and impassioned — recruits. Read it at Rolling Stone.
Rolling Stone
The Incredible True Story Behind the Toronto Mystery Tunnel — Maclean's
Elton McDonald, a talented 22-year-old construction worker, spent months digging a sophisticated tunnel in his hometown Toronto for simple pleasures like watching movies or listening to movies. This heartwarming profile of McDonald, written by Nicholas Köhler, illuminates the fundamental but complex pursuit of carving out a space of one's own, no matter how small or how visible. Read it at Maclean's.
Della Rollins for Maclean's
The Ad-Rock Retirement Plan — GQ
Adam Horowitz was only 16 when he joined the Beastie Boys and catapulted himself into rap/rock stardom. Now that he's 48 and his life with the band is over, Zach Baron asks: What's next for Ad-Rock? Read it at GQ.
Photograph by Jeffrey Milstein
