Privately grossed.
In the US-supported, Saudi/UAE-led bombing campaign in Yemen, there have been 17,729 civilian casualties. 1/21
Congress invokes never-before-used powers to demand that Trump withdraw support from the war in Yemen. (Trump will veto.) 2/21
A poem to relate: "No Explosions," by Naomi Shihab Nye. 3/21
In the western highlands of Guatemala, people are leaving for the US because of climate change. 4/21
A very good sampling of letters and texts from the lives of asylum-seekers, new couples, prisoners, and pen pals. 5/21
Your weekend white paper: In Congress, women are more likely to be interrupted and more likely to interrupt, unless two women are speaking to each other. 6/21
“Dozens of Whistle-Blowers Are Secretly Cooperating With House Democrats.” 7/21
Earlier this year Trump asked McConnell to hurry up confirming his nominee to the IRS. 8/21
Remember Virginia's surge of political scandals? No one really cares anymore. "It just went poof." 9/21
By some measures, right-wing violence has declined from its peak several years ago, "although this trajectory may be changing." 10/21
Two jars of Everything But the Bagel seasoning, which cost $1.99 each at Trader Joe’s, can cost $22.44 on the black market. 11/21
Abigail Disney explains what it’s like to grow up with more money than you can spend. 12/21
Between 1990 and 1997 the number of Indian-owned businesses grew by 84 percent. And the number of Native kids enrolled in college has doubled in the last thirty years. Underreported numbers about Native Americans. 13/21
Translating physics news into Blackfoot requires inventions like "they stick together waves" for gravitational waves. 14/21
Some ideas of where to go for Americans who want to live abroad. 15/21
“So that’s all been fixed.” A writer pretends to be interested in Miami real estate to see what agents say about climate change. 16/21
When it comes to parking in Los Angeles, are you team black car or team silver car? 17/21
Prepare to see Paris’s Arc de Triomphe wrapped in blue fabric by Christo. 18/21
See also: Paintings by David Ambarzumjan where landscapes are dramatically altered by large brush strokes. Or daily drawings by Mexican artist Paulette Jo. 19/21
Stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up. It makes them define themselves in terms of work. 20/21
There’s now a dating app “for people who were privately educated.” 21/21
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