TheNewsGal, Edition No. 64

What a week! Here's what you missed.

All the things

(Jesse Danville via Pioneer Works)

• How will we remember Covid-19? The first time I’ve heard or considered this question. (Lois Parshley, Pioneer Works, ~18 min.)

• Stories of slavery, from those who survived it. Just … wow. Do not skip this. (Clint Smith, The Atlantic, ~33 min.)

• Milestones, interrupted: These women were on the cusp of something big professionally. Then came coronavirus. Can’t stop thinking about this. (Nneka McGuire, The Lily, ~15 min.)

• I was a teenage beauty pageant loser. This isn’t what I expected, and all the better for it. (Natasha Ramoutar, The Walrus, ~9 min.)

• In 1952, a vicious double murder at Crater Lake stunned the nation. The FBI and the Oregon State Police came up empty-handed. Then, 26 years ago, the granddaughter of one of the victims picked up the case. OMG. (Julian Smith, Alta, ~20 min.)

• Inside the worst-hit county in the worst-hit state in the worst-hit country: When Covid-19 surged through a North Dakota community, a battle with the pandemic became a battle among its residents. Couldn’t put this down — feels like 15 minutes, promise. (Atul Gawande, New Yorker, ~44 min.)

• The secret, essential geography of the office. Hadn’t considered this before; fascinating. (Paul Ford, Wired, ~6 min.)

• The problem with Framing Britney Spears. Someone had to say it. (Jeffrey Bloomer, Slate, ~8 min.)

• The case for semicolons. Huge fan. (Lauren Oyler, NYT Magazine, ~4 min.)

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If you read one thing this week

(Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum via Washington Post)

• The brave, forgotten Kansas lunch counter sit-in that helped change America. (Kate Torgovnick May, Washington Post, ~8 min.)

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Kirsten