Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, alarm, amuse, or inspire us.
Hey, did you read:
- A profile of new Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau? —Tal Rosenberg
- That Mayor Emanuel has blasted the Tasing and dragging of a man in a police lockup in 2012? —Steve Bogira
- About how the Chicago Red Line station has been decorated so it looks like a giant Trojan horse? (Beware of CTA employees bearing gifts.) —Ryan Smith
- That the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to Highland Park’s law banning assault weapons? —John Dunlevy
- About why BuzzFeed is doing Mental Health Week? —Brianna Wellen
- About the factors leading the Paris climate summit to a target of a 1.5-degree Celsius rise in global temperatures as opposed to a potentially disastrous two-degree limit? (“If it were New York City or London that was disappearing beneath the waves like some of these Pacific Island states are, I guarantee you there wouldn’t be any debate about 2 degrees versus 1.5 degrees,” says one observer.) —Kate Schmidt
- That Mindy Segal is working with Cresco Labs to develop a line of pot-laced baked goods that actually taste, uh, good? —Aimee Levitt
- About how Chi-Raq and popular culture often get the nature of gun violence on the south side completely wrong? —Ryan Smith