Covid-19
(Leonardo Santamaria, ProPublica)
Inside the fall of the CDC. And it reads like a thriller, promise. (ProPublica, ~47 min.)
Is there a safe way to be home for the holidays? (The Atlantic, ~7 min.)
How Yeti survived a pandemic. Something about having the right $300 coolers at the right time ... (Marker, ~14 min.)
How Sean Penn went to war against Covid-19. Damn impressive. (GQ, ~13 min.)
A disrupted Thanksgiving leaves the turkey business guessing. (New York Times, ~6 min.)
As Covid-19 swept across Minnesota, six lives were changed forever. As engrossing as any story I’ve read this year. (Minneapolis Star Tribune, ~47 min.)
7 looming questions about the rollout of a Covid-19 vaccine. No one — well, one person — said it would be easy. (STAT, ~11 min.)
A dose of optimism, as the pandemic rages on. (New York Times, ~11 min.)
The best of the rest
(Glenna Gordan, The Atlantic)
Why the alt-right’s most famous woman disappeared. Oh, my god, this story. You’ve gotta read it to believe it. (The Atlantic, ~26 min.)
The case for climate reparations. Yes, please. (Foreign Policy, ~10 min.)
How a road trip through America’s battlegrounds revealed a nation plagued by misinformation. (TIME, ~14 min.)
The problem of free speech in an age of disinformation. Wait ... it doesn’t have to be like this?! (New York Times Magazine, ~38 min.)
Why British police shows are better. Truth. (The Atlantic, ~7 min.)
The changing meaning of the American flag under Trump. (New Yorker, ~18 min.)
I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein’s little black book. Grab a glass of wine and settle in; this story is no joke. (Mother Jones, ~53 min.)
The small-town takeout store worker who won over New Zealand — and the world. (CNN, ~17 min.)
(Elizabeth Brockway, Daily Beast)
The strange saga of America’s most reviled statue, nude George Washington. I about died reading this. (Daily Beast, ~20 min.)
Sen. Gary Peters shares his abortion story. Wow. (Elle, ~4 min.)
The making (and remaking) of Timothée Chalamet. (GQ, ~35 min.)
My mustache, my self: A quarantine facial-hair experiment led me to a deep consideration of my Blackness. (New York Times Magazine, ~26 min.)
How Trump betrayed the autoworkers of Youngstown, Ohio. I just can’t even. (Rolling Stone, ~18 min.)
The true story of the antifa invasion of Forks, Washington. No story this week better captures the strange world we’re living in. Don’t miss it. (Wired, ~42 min.)
If you read one thing this week
(Nick Hagen, Washington Post)
One last vote: In Michigan, a terminally ill man’s mission to cast a ballot. (Washington Post, ~5 min.)
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Kirsten