This week for BuzzFeed News, Andrew McMillen explores the high-flying world of planespotters. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed News and around the web.
Things Are Looking Up For Planespotters, The World’s Most Obsessive Aviation Geeks — BuzzFeed News
Airports are places to get in and out of as quickly as possible for most people. Yet they're heaven on earth for planespotters — or "jetrosexuals" — who defy suspicious glances in the name of fanatically filming and sharing our most misunderstood mode of transportation. Read it at BuzzFeed News.
Courtesy of Beau Chenery
People are Animals, Too — Mosaic/BuzzFeed News
A compelling piece by Peter Aldhous on the ways in which our own minds get in the way of examining those of animals. "If we want to understand the diversity of animal minds — and by doing so perhaps understand ourselves better, too — we have to judge them on their own terms." Read it at Mosaic or BuzzFeed News.
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The Public Life and Private Doubts of Al Sharpton — The Washington Post
In the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and others, Eli Saslow gets a rare glimpse into the life of America's most influential civil rights leader — for now. “I got a radio show, a TV show, a direct line to the president, and what good is all that if I still can’t get something done when they choke a guy out on tape?” Read it at The Washington Post.
Photograph by Jahi Chikwendiu for The Washington Post
The Hidden Victims of Campus Sexual Assault: Students with Disabilities — Al Jazeera America
Students with disabilities make up 11% of the US undergraduate population, yet are largely left out of the current national dialogue surrounding campus sexual assault. Azmat Khan investigates the universities and systems that are failing to hear them. Read it at Al Jazeera America.
Illustration by Edel Rodriguez for Al Jazeera America
