This week for BuzzFeed News, Anne Helen Petersen meets the queen of disaster prepping. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
What to Expect When You're Expecting the Collapse of Society as We Know It — BuzzFeed News
Millions of Americans may identify as “preppers,” but most don’t have massive stockpiles of guns, dress in camo, or live off the grid. They’re more like Lisa Bedford, the “Survival Mom,” who’s built a massive following simply by suggesting that being ready — for a financial crisis, for a massive natural disaster, for a terrorist attack — is just common sense. Read it at BuzzFeed News.
Photograph by Scott Dalton for Buzzfeed News
Miki Agrawal's Panty Raid — New York
Noreen Malone meets Miki Agrawal, the animated entrepreneur behind THINX, the feminine hygiene industry's most buzzed-about new product. "For us, we’re like, I just want to wear underwear and bleed in my underwear. You know what I mean?” Read it at New York.
Bobby Doherty for New York
Why Did Two Parents Murder Their Adopted Child? — The Guardian
In 2013, Spain was rocked with the news that Rosario Porto and Alfonso Basterra, a well-known, wealthy Spanish couple, had murdered their adoptive Chinese daughter. Giles Tremlett uncovers the troubling history that led to their unthinkable act. “I think they wanted to project the stereotype of a happy family.”
Read it at The Guardian.
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The NYPD Is Kicking People Out of Their Homes, Even If They Haven’t Committed a Crime — ProPublica / New York Daily News
Sarah Ryley investigates the consequences of New York City's "nuisance abatement law," a little-known policy that allows officers to shut down places — including residences — they claim are being used for illegal purposes. "Half of the 297 people who gave up their leases or were banned from homes were not convicted of a crime." Read it at ProPublica or the New York Daily News.
Edwin Torres for ProPublica
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