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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