Say "leaves."
Over the last five years, the top 100 law firms in the United States represented fossil fuel clients in 358 legal cases and transactions worth $1.36 trillion. / The Guardian
China is ratcheting up military pressure on Taiwan. / The Economist
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's forces intensify airstrikes against the Tigray Liberation Front. / Reuters
The United Nations warns of "unprecedented" malnutrition among pregnant and lactating women in the Tigray region. Members of Ethiopia's Qemant minority ethnic group say they're being wiped out. / Al Jazeera
Your weekly white paper: "Five Things US Policymakers Must Understand About China-Africa Relations." / Center for American Progress
What it's like to work with Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, the editors who just shared the Nobel Peace Prize. / BBC News
A new study finds a growing number of people without a bachelor's degree are now out-earning those with one. / NPR
Did you know that in 1992, thousands of New York City cops rioted outside their own City Hall, shouting racist chants? / New York Magazine
Growing up in England, for Arianne Shahvisi, "Iran was our Hogwarts, Heathrow Terminal 3 our platform 9¾." / The Guadian
Victor Luckerson weighs Big Tech's promises to Black America. “The structure as we have it will produce racism unless you’re very, very deliberate about how to remedy these things.” / WIRED
Have you ever wondered why Bitcoin believers like Tom Brady seem to shoot lasers out of their eyes? No, really: lasers out of their eyes. / Wealthsimple Magazine
Anti-vaccine chiropractors are becoming "a rising force of misinformation." / The Associated Press
What has it meant to be a dancer who can't perform, not because of an injury, but because of lockdown? / The New York Times
See also: What it's like to follow peak foliage season in your car through the Mountain West by accident. / Meditations in an Emergency
A poem for the weekend: "On a Saturday," by Harvey Shapiro. / The Paris Review
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