Longreads

I Don't Feel Like Buying Stuff Anymore
Our economy is built on Americans of all class levels buying things. What happens when the ability — and desire — to do so goes away?

A Major UK Domestic Violence Organisation Faces Accusations Of Failing Victims And Taking Inappropriate Payments
Following reporting by BuzzFeed News, Labour's shadow policing minister has called for an immediate government investigation.

7 Essays Every Harry Potter Fan Needs To Read
For those of us who will always call Hogwarts home and Hermione our patronus.

The Most Romantic Thing That Happened To Me As A Teen Was Being Mugged
Dawson’s Creek, Clueless, Judy Blume, they’ve all made a promise to me – that I’ll meet a boy, that there’ll be a love story, and it will be amazing.

6 Great Essays And Stories From This Week's Indian Internet That You Need To Read
From Bollywood's current woes to the search for an Indian superhero, and much, much more.

How A WWII Pilot Built A Plane And Risked Death For Love
Lieutenant Ronald Spriggs and Wren Margaret Bailey were very much in love. Separated by war, Lt Spriggs came up with a plan to bring them together.

Kiribati Locals Not Going Anywhere As They Fight The Rising Tide
Endangered by rising seas, the Pacific nation of Kiribati is facing an existential threat from climate change.

Our 9 Favorite Feature Stories This Week: KidZania, Flashbombs, And Tiny Homes
This week for BuzzFeed News, Tim Murphy visits the Pacific Northwest, where new communities made up of tiny homes are providing some with an alternative to homelessness. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

Our 9 Favorite Feature Stories This Week: Dirty Cops, Michael Brown Sr., And A Whole Lot Of Elvis
This week for BuzzFeed News, Elise Jordan goes back to her hometown Mississippi to visit the world's most notorious Elvis shrine. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

Our 24 Favorite BuzzFeed Feature Stories Of 2013
Ingenious hoaxes and unspeakable tragedies. Serial bank robbers and mysterious maladies. Also, Tracy Morgan doing stuff. Sit by the fire with this collection of big ol' stories we were especially proud to publish this year.

14 Lazy Ways To Seem Smarter Than You Actually Are
You probably won't fool an actual smart person. But it's worth a shot.

The Year Without Esme
How the coolest girl in the world taught me, and an entire community, to cope with her death. And how to live.

The Problem With Long Reader, The Random Longreads Generator
How does publishing get squeezed to death? By thinking that content on the web isn't owned by anybody.