Fourteen minutes.

The WHO reports the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases, more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours. 1/19

A dozen states have seen record highs of new COVID-19 cases since Friday. One expert likens the spread to a “forest fire.” 2/19

The era of the pandemic may also become known as the revenge of the suburbs. 3/19

See also: “A Tale of Two New Yorks: Those Who Left During the Pandemic, and Those Who Stayed.” 4/19

In Japan, demand for new masks made from Uniqlo’s underwear fabric crashed its website. 5/19

“It is long past time to abolish time. I have felt this strongly for a few years now and the pandemic’s askew, endless, perilous temporality has only convinced me further of this.” 6/19

Former national security adviser John Bolton says the President is “naive and dangerous,” and poses a “danger to the republic.” 7/19

Among details from his book: Trump personally approved Chinese President Xi's decision to build concentration camps for Uyghur citizens. 8/19

Trump is said to be furious at the underwhelming crowd at his rally in Tulsa. TikTokers and K-pop fans may have led him to overestimate, but it’s more a sign of larger problems for his campaign. 9/19

For some foreign perspective, “Donald Trump spends 14 minutes at Tulsa rally talking about that time he walked slowly down a ramp.” 10/19

Not unrelated: How do clowns survive the pandemic? 11/19

According to the New York Times’s Ben Smith, Mark Zuckerberg and Trump have worked out a deal, but it’s “probably implied rather than explicit.” 12/19

A forgotten documentary snippet resurfaces online, of white children attacking Black children in New York City while adults nearby do nothing. 13/19

A funeral service for Rayshard Brooks will be held tomorrow in Atlanta. 14/19

Companies bringing in new leaders to help with race problems may be setting them up to fail, i.e., the “glass cliff.” 15/19

A fifth of the ocean floor has been mapped despite the coronavirus. 16/19

A guide on how to plan a visit this summer to a national park. 17/19

Meet fashion’s biggest new thing (to market products to): the “Can’t Afford Real Life Yet,” or CARLY generation. 18/19

A poem for your week: June Jordan’s “It’s Hard to Keep a Clean Shirt Clean.” 19/19


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