He’s been called a hero, a terrorist, and a pack mule. This week for BuzzReads, Natasha Vargas-Cooper profiles Glenn Greenwald’s misunderstood husband, David Miranda. Read that and these other great stories from around BuzzFeed and the web.
David Miranda is Nobody's Errand Boy — BuzzReads
When Glenn Greenwald’s 28-year-old Brazilian partner was detained in London this summer while transporting documents related to the bombshell Edward Snowden story, many assumed he was unfairly roped into a situation he didn’t understand. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Read it at BuzzReads.
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Too Much of Too Little — The Washington Post
Eli Saslow reports from McAllen, Texas, one of the poorest and most food stamp-reliant parts of the country — and also one of the most obese. What can be done when what little that is available to eat is killing people? Read it at The Washington Post.
Michael S. Williamson for The Washington Post
Locked in the Cabinet — Politico Magazine
Glenn Thrust looks critically at the ineffectual presidential Cabinet: "The staffers who rule Obama’s West Wing often treat his Cabinet as a nuisance: At the top of the pecking order are the celebrity power players, like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to be warily managed; at the bottom, what they see as a bunch of well-intentioned political naifs only a lip-slip away from derailing the president’s agenda." Read it at Politico Magazine.
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I Was Drugged by a Stranger — BuzzReads
"One night at a music festival, someone put something in my drink. What happened next was humiliating and taught me how common these incidents are, and how easy — and wrong — it is to blame the victim." Read it at BuzzReads.
Justine Zwiebel for BuzzFeed
