We've selected 10 of our favourite articles from November. Some were authoritative analysis, some told us something new or made us think about an issue differently, and others were just a really good read. We've also tried to cover a spread of subject matter.
Now it's over to you – we'd like you to vote, using the buttons below, and tell us which of these are your favourites. In order to do so, you will need to log in via Facebook or Twitter. You can vote for as many of these articles as you like, but no more than once for each item.
There's also a comment box if you would like to agree or disagree with our choices. Please do so, and help us identify your favourite article from last month.
This page is our contribution to the #longreads community on Twitter, established by Mark Armstrong of http://longreads.com
Voting ended on Friday, 23rd December.
"Chinese medical authorities admit the lion’s share of transplant organs originate with executions, but no mainland doctors, even in exile, will normally speak of performing such surgery." Now one has. Prepare for a shocking story
Cautionary tale of modern parenting: "I’d bought into the self-esteem dogma — the idea that bathing our children in good feeling and positive reinforcement arms them with the confidence they need to lead better lives." A mistake
Superb, highly readable essay on state of higher education. Focuses on America, but debate and tensions over access, standards, goals and aspirations will be familiar to readers in Britain and elsewhere
US in decline. "All around, we see dazzling technological change, but no progress." Surface of life goes on improving, but deep structures, institutions, processes have decayed. Elites have lost their moral compass
Neuroscience uncovers an ugly truth: "Neglect of very young children does not merely stunt their emotional development. It changes the architecture of their brains." Important implications for battle against poverty (Ungated for us)
Today America struggles with record numbers of long-term unemployed and a dwindling middle class. But this isn't a sudden effect of the financial crisis – it's the result of three decades of short-sighted economic policy. Here's why
Enjoyable, if chastening, canter through boom and bust, framed around review of Michael Lewis's latest book, Boomerang. Lanchester's benchmark for excess was the Reykjavik waitress who'd fly to Milan for a weekend's shopping
"No other book has given more to the English-speaking world. You don't have to be a Christian to hear the power of those words—simple in vocabulary, cosmic in scale, stately in their rhythms, deeply emotional in their impact"
"Ever since I moved to New York I've been meaning to go to a Columbia University football game. But it's tough to find a wingman for a trip like that. This year, I stopped asking my wife. Instead, I invited my 4-year-old daughter"
A disillusioned Republican writes. "In the face of dwindling upward mobility and stagnating middle-class wages, my party’s economic ideas sometimes seem to have shrunk to just one: More tax cuts for the very highest earners"
