First Links — 5.29.14

How One Pastor is Fighting for the Lives of Juarez’s Drug Addicts and Mentally Ill
John Stanton, Buzzfeed

In Memoriam: Growing Up Maya Angelou
Lucinda Moore, Smithsonian Magazine

The Family that Robs Banks Together
Skip Hollandsworth, Texas Monthly

Why One Norwegian Author’s 6-Volume, 3,600-Page Book is on the Verge of Breaking Out in America
Boris Kachka, Vulture

Christian Humanism and the Twitter Tsunamis
Alan Jacobs, Text Patterns

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