Florida nation.
The White House renews trying to kill off the Affordable Care Act in a brief filed with the Supreme Court. Democrats see the effort playing in their favor.
1/22 | NPR, Politico
The House of Representatives votes to make Washington DC the 51st state; the Senate is not expected to consider the legislation.
2/22 | Reuters
Pending US endorsement, Israel is close to annexing a third of Palestine, where leaders have quit daily coordination with Israel.
3/22 | BBC News
“More than a dozen senior diplomats, government officials, politicians, and academics from five major European countries” discuss the end of American greatness.
4/22 | The Atlantic
Favorite headline of the week? "A Mountain Of Potatoes With Nowhere To Go." Meanwhile, YouTube views of sourdough videos have jumped 400%.
5/22 | NPR, c|net
Medical experts and bar owners answer questions about the safety of outdoor dining and drinking.
6/22 | Vox
Meanwhile, Florida reports a massive single-day increase of 9,000 coronavirus cases. California sees a 32% increase in hospitalizations.
7/22 | Axios, The Los Angeles Times
Houston's Texas Medical Center—the world's largest medical center—says its ICU is full and current COVID trends will likely overwhelm it.
8/22 | KHOU
“When Mike Pence responds to the US hitting a new record in coronavirus cases by claiming to find that it's actually "very encouraging news," reflecting "great success," I'm reminded of past reporting trips... in North Korea.”
9/22 | Nicholas Kristof
Wesley Lowery argues for reporters to focus on being fair in lieu of “selective truths [that] have been calibrated to avoid offending the sensibilities of white readers.”
10/22 | The New York Times
More working at home leads to more demand for cushy toilet paper, leads to more destruction of virgin forests.
11/22 | Bloomberg
Climate activist Leah Thomas, better known online as Green Girl Leah, launches a platform for “intersectional environmentalism.”
12/22 | Instagram, Intersectional Environmentalist
Microplastic pollution has gotten so bad, odds are you’re inhaling particles while you read this.
13/22 | The New York Times
“The Problems With Palm Oil Don’t Start With My Recipes.”
14/22 | Heated
Arctic people and Arctic dogs go back over 9,500 years together—and the same group of dogs, genetically, are being used today.
15/22 | Gizmodo
How to tell a raven from a crow. Also, how some caterpillars inside a bag of broccoli became a happy family.
16/22 | bird and moon, Sam Darlaston
A comic for when “Wanna hear something super bitchy?” is your love language.
17/22 | Vox
“How I Became a Poker Champion in One Year.”
18/22 | The Atlantic
A brief office visit with Stanley Donwood, Radiohead's in-house fine artist.
19/22 | The Morning News
Goldman Sachs releases a Goldman Sachs typeface, though it comes with a catch: you can't use it to criticize Goldman Sachs.
20/22 | The Verge
Related: “My Resignation From the Type Directors Club.”
21/22 | Juan Villanueva
A poem for your weekend: ‘Looking Out the Window Poem,” by Denis Johnson.
22/22 | The Poetry Foundation
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