The top long-form journalism pieces of the past week or so. Check them out:
Fourtune: The Bloody Patent Battle Over a Healing Machine. KCI and their licensing of Wound Vac Technology.
http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/10/30/kci-vac-patent-fight/?src=longreads
D Magazine: Naming the Dead at Ground Zero. Forensic Anthropologist and her job of identifying remains in the wake of the terrorist attack.
http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/D_Magazine/2012/November/Rhonda_Roby_Naming_the_Dead_at_Ground_Zero.aspx?p=1&src=longreads
Harpers: Monopoly is Theft. The history of the most popular board game.
http://harpers.org/blog/2012/10/monopoly-is-theft/?single=1&src=longreads
Assent: From Master Plan to No Plan. The fate of higher education in California.
http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/from-master-plan-to-no-plan-the-slow-death-of-public-higher-education?src=longreads
Playboy: Interview with Stephen Colbert. Self explanatory.
http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/playboy-interview-stephen-colbert?src=longreads
New York Magazine: The Randian and the Bailout. AIG's new CEO in the midst of the financial crisis.
http://nymag.com/news/features/bob-benmosche-aig-2012-10/?mid=longreads