Winter(ing)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges “universal mask use” anywhere outside people’s homes. / The Washington Post
To visit Iowa right now is to go back to the pandemic's early days, "when the horror was fresh and the sirens never stopped." / The Atlantic
Related: Updates from Miami, San Francisco, Georgia, Minnesota, etc. / The Miami Herald, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Star Tribune, The New York Times
In a survey of 700 epidemiologists, half say they won't change their behavior until at least 70% of the US is vaccinated. / The New York Times
Your weekly pandemic hero: Chef José Andrés, creator of a kind of Works Progress Administration for the hospitality industry. / Huffpost
Nine photographers' best takes on capturing a year that included a pandemic, an uprising, a country divided. / The Washington Post
An economist tries to figure out when it makes sense in the current moment to complain about a business. / Bloomberg
Estimates suggest that informal giving via Cash App and Venmo now totals in the billions of dollars. / OneZero
This year's hurricane season blew through (sorry) predictions from federal scientists, who were already expecting a busy year. / Buzzfeed News
Interviews and architectural renderings describe one of China's 260 new massive detention centers. / BuzzFeed News
From the frontlines of the monolith wars: The latest was torn down by white supremacists and replaced with a cross. / VICE
A man named Adolf Hilter wins a sweeping victory in Namibia. "He has no plans for world domination." / BBC News
A list of gifts for the hypebaes in your life. / INPUT
Africa Is a Country radio is back with "a monthly deep dive into the music and cultural politics of the continent and beyond." / Worldwide Radio
Related: Fifty notable African books from 2020. / Brittle Paper
“The bike world is undeniably insular." For your lockdown wanderlust, a brief clip of cyclist Andrew Jackson riding the cement and mountains of Southern California. / The Morning News
Deb Perelman firmly rejects the "domestic goddess" narrative. She's only cooking for an audience because Smitten Kitchen pays the rent. / The New Yorker
The first commercially printed Christmas card, now up for sale, was scandalous in 1843 for depicting children drinking wine. / The Guardian
Katherine May, author of Wintering, says the best way to survive a winter, even during a pandemic, is to embrace it. / NPR
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