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

This week:

[01:12] “The Nightmare in the Bahamas Is Far From Over” (Zachary Fagenson, October 1, 2019, Miami New Times)

[03:38] "Hurricane Dorian Was a Climate Injustice" (Bernard Ferguson, September 12, 2019, The New Yorker)

[10:43] “Climate Messaging: A Case for Negativity” (Rebecca McCarthy, September 2019, Longreads)

[12:41] “The Balloon Boy Hoax—Solved!.” (Robert Sanchez, October 2019, 5280)

[19:12] “The Music of “Hustlers” and the Soaring, Stupid National Mood Circa 2008” (Jia Tolentino, September 27, 2019,The New Yorker)

[22:33] “Place: The Loop, Houston” (Bryan Washington, October 1, 2019, The Believer) 

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