Sniffles and lies.
The US has been incapable of controlling the pandemic, and now the government resists addressing the resulting economic reality.
1/17 | Vox
The source of our inability goes back to mid-April, when Trump embraced "overly rosy projections to proclaim victory and move on."
2/17 | The New York Times
The White House is trying to block billions in the upcoming coronavirus relief bill for states to conduct testing and contact tracing.
3/17 | The Washington Post
After days of haggling, EU leaders make a final push for a coronavirus recovery deal.
4/17 | Reuters
A large study in South Korea suggests school reopenings will trigger more outbreaks.
5/17 | The Baltimore Sun
A map shows the chances that everyone is wearing a mask in five random encounters with five people.
6/17 | The New York Times
The Swedish island of Gotland hires medieval knights to safeguard against COVID-19.
7/17 | RTL Today
Tens of thousands are set to walk off the job today in more than two dozen cities for the “Strike for Black Lives,” protesting systemic racism.
8/17 | Axios
Adam Serwer: Without activists like John Lewis and C.T. Vivian, America would remain “a white republic, not a nation for all its citizens.”
9/17 | The Atlantic
A group of more than 30 moms in Oregon created a barricade to protect protesters from federal officers. See also: “Naked Athena.”
10/17 | BuzzFeed News, The Week
Anne Applebaum: The use of federal force in Portland is "performative authoritarianism," with a goal, in part, to generate content for pro-Trump shows like "Fox & Friends."
11/17 | CNN Business
Peter Kafka: “This is July. Imagine the escalation over the next few months, since they have convinced themselves this is a good election strategy.”
12/17 | Twitter
Right-wing media paint Portland as a “city under siege.” A recent tour of town shows otherwise.
13/17 | The Oregonian
In a highlight from Sunday’s interview, Chris Wallace points out that Trump’s recent cognitive test involved identifying an elephant. (Two ways to summarize the interview: sniffles and lies.)
14/17 | The Daily Beast, NPR, The New York Times
A ceramics artist makes 100 mugs in 100 days.
15/17 | Moss and Fog
Lorrie Moore uses Normal People as an opportunity to vent millennial hate.
16/17 | The New York Review of Books
Your Monday escape read: “The true story of the heartthrob prince of Qatar and his time at USC.”
17/17 | The Los Angeles Times
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