Your weekend long reads 🗞️

Good morning, friends of The Short List! 

How about some long reads to get your day started? These are a few of the (non-coronavirus) stories our readers couldn't get enough of this week: 

• 'Chaos, confusion and corruption': In Alabama's troubled prisons, death is a way of life. The state's prison system recently had one of its most violent years in a decade. Sixteen prisoners were killed.
• Midwest farmers face a crisis: Saddled with near-record debt, unpredictable climate change and a trade war, hundreds of farmers are dying by suicide.
• 'How do we rebuild trust?' A year after the admissions scandal, presidents say college must change. Six leaders of elite colleges tell Paste BN the Varsity Blues scandal caused them to question the fairness of college admissions.

Plus, we've got more stories you can't miss. Some of these are indeed coronavirus related: 👇