This week for BuzzReads, Andrew Rice examines the rise and demise of a website that allowed you to gamble on current events. Read that and these other great stories from around BuzzFeed and the web.
The Fall Of Intrade And The Business Of Betting On Real Life — BuzzReads
There’s always been a thin line between investing and gambling, and one firm turned the concept into a multimillion-dollar industry until the government shut it down. How does Intrade’s fate predict the future of how we process the world? Read it at BuzzReads.
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Sexual Assault At God's Harvard — The New Republic
Patrick Henry College's evangelical background gave it a reputation as a safe place for students. But some women on campus say the school was anything but. Kiera Feldman went to Purcellville, Va., to find answers. Read it at The New Republic.
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What I Saw When I Crashed A Wall Street Secret Society — New York
Reporters aren't allowed into the meetings of Wall Street's secret fraternity, Kappa Beta Phi. But Kevin Roose still found his way inside. Here's what he saw. Read it at New York.
New York
The Dark Power of Fraternities — The Atlantic
Caitlin Flanagan spent a year studying American fraternities and the assaults, injuries, deaths — lawsuits — that plague them. How do they remain? "Indeed, in many substantive ways, fraternities are now mightier than the colleges and universities that host them." Read it at The Atlantic .
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