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The Week’s Best Longreads: The Daily Beast Picks for Oct. 29, 2011

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The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the Web this week. By David Sessions.

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The Turnaround MenMariah Blake, The New Republic

A charismatic entrepreneur, an ex-con turned devout Christian, and the politicians who championed them.

African SafariLaura Rena Murray, Beth Morrissey, Himanshu Ojha, and Patrick Martin-Menard, Caixin Online

The mysterious brokers behind China’s large-scale economic exploitation of Africa.

How Ready Are We for Bioterrorism?Wil S. Hylton, New York Times Magazine

Ten years after anthrax attacks, biodefense is busted.

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It’s Time for Debt Forgiveness, American-StyleWilliam Greider, The Nation

The nation’s largest banks are methodically harvesting the last possible pound of flesh from millions of homeowners. We should put a stop to it.

The Best Little Whore in TexasMatt Taibbi, Rolling Stone

Rick Perry has one driving passion: selling off government to the highest bidder.

You Say You Want a RevolutionAndrew Sullivan, Newsweek

Andrew Sullivan on how he learned to love the “goddam hippies”—and why their protests aren’t going to end.

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