Phoenix envy.
Coronavirus infections in the US are much higher than confirmed, but far below what’s required for widespread immunity. 1/23 | NPR
In light of expiring CARES Act benefits, how state jobless benefits stack up against workers’ wages. / 2/23 | CBS News
Republican arguments about unemployment insurance de-incentivizing people to work ignore a harsh reality: many people don’t have jobs they can return to yet. / 3/23 | Vox
A call to “love courageously” during this period of fear and anger. / 4/23 | The Atlantic
A letter from a doctor: “I look for hope and find none, but I am not allowed to admit to total free fall.” / 5/23 | The New England Journal of Medicine
A letter from a waiter: “Is there room for a COVID learning curve when your job endangers your life?” / 6/23 | The Los Angeles Times
See also: Few people in food media seem interested in exposing monsters in many kitchens. / 7/23 | The New Republic
After the US orders China to close its Houston embassy to protect intellectual property, firefighters respond to a call for what appear to be employees burning documents. / 8/23 | ABC News
The EU reaches an agreement on a $857 billion package to fight the bloc’s pandemic recession. / 9/23 | The New York Times
The British government gives up attempts to clinch a US trade deal before the presidential election. / 10/23 | Reuters
Related/unrelated: How Switzerland works, from the use of referenda to the power of popular initiatives. / 11/23 | Lesswrong
Teju Cole’s new book features a mostly unpeopled Switzerland. / 12/23 | It’s Nice That
Black artists say they’re being drafted to lend credibility to companies “that fail to live up to principles of diversity and inclusion.” / 13/23 | The New York Times
“It is hard to believe that this article was written in 1968.” Revisiting “The Black Experience in Graphic Design.” / 14/23 | PRINT
See also: A comic explains the Andres Guardado case. / 15/23 | L.A. Taco
In Portland, repeated use of force by federal officers against protesters, including last night, draws even larger crowds. / 16/23 | The Oregonian
“Last night was the most horrifying thing I have ever experienced in my life,” says a photographer who captured a picture of a federal officer pointing their weapon directly at him. / 17/23 | BuzzFeed News
The US Army recruits on the Twitch streams of shooting games, but the platform is cracking down after recent abuse. / 18/23 | Kotaku
Twitter removes thousands of accounts linked to QAnon. Chrissy Teigen: “It is not an ‘opinion’ to call people pedophiles who rape and eat children.” / 19/23 | CNN, Twitter
Journalists at the Wall Street Journal send a letter expressing concern about misinformation in the paper’s opinion section. / 20/23 | The Wall Street Journal
Buying your local newspaper away from a hedge fund is attractive in theory, tough in practice. / 21/23 | Poynter
Someone writing syndicated stories accusing Palestinian activists of being terrorists is in fact a deepfaked fraud. / 22/23 | Reuters
Headline of the day? “Hostage siege ends after Ukrainian president endorses Joaquin Phoenix film.” / 23/23 | The Guardian
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