"... stories you should have read, but maybe haven't gotten around to just yet."

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The Fix’s best political stories of 2014
By Nia-Malika Henderson, December 22, 2014

This is our deluxe, awesome, year-end version of our usual weekday roundup of stories you should have read, but maybe haven't gotten around to just yet.

And, as you'll see, we have included stories about stuff other than pure politics. The vast majority of these suggestions came from Fix readers, with a handful of our favorite stories thrown in as well.

Here's the list, in no particular order:

Battle for the Senate: How the GOP did it by Philip Rucker and Robert Costa

The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Schooled by Dale Russakoff

Out of Control: How the World’s Health Organizations Failed to Stop the Ebola Disaster by Lena Sun, Brady Dennis, Lenny Bernstein and Joel Achenbach, with photos by Michel du Cille

Senator’s Thesis Turns Out to Be Remix of Others’ Works, Uncited by Jonathan Martin

Hillary Clinton's Shadow Campaign by Maggie Haberman

The Gonzo Option by Marin Cogan

Still Paying for the Civil War by Michael M. Phillips

The Revenge of Rand Paul by Ryan Lizza

Charlie Crist's Fan: A Love Story by Molly Ball

In Conversation with Chris Rock by Frank Rich

De Blasio’s Fault or Not, Fatal or Not, Groundhog Had an Early Fall by Matt Flegenheimer

The Great Society at 50 by Karen Tumulty

The Survivor by Glenn Thrush

The Unelectable Whiteness of Scott Walker by Alec MacGillis

White House Fence-jumper Made it Far Deeper into Building than Previously Known by Carol D. Leonnig

Get Out of Jail, Inc. by Sarah Stillman

Chris Christie is Back by Mark Leibovich

Sinkhole of Bureaucracy by David A. Farenthold

Democrats Turn on Debbie Wasserman Schultz by Edward-Isaac Dovere

Meet the Ghost Hunter and Horror Novelist who writes Rob Portman's speeches by Ben Terris

The Obama Paradox by Carrie Budoff Brown and Jennifer Epstein

What did we miss?  Let us know! We'll keep adding to the list.
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