TheNewsGal, Edition No. 72
What a week! Here's what you missed.
All the things
America ruined my name for me. A must-read. (Beth Nguyen, New Yorker, ~9 min.)
Out of Thin Air: The mystery of the man who fell from the sky. Absolutely fascinating. (Sirin Kale, The Guardian, ~24 min.)
Why most actors won’t even attempt a Philadelphia accent. I had no idea. (Sam Adams, Slate, ~6 min.)
Every cast-iron pan tells a story: The cherished cookware has crossed oceans, survived fires, and connected generations. Delightful. (Emily Heil, Washington Post, ~14 min.)
After Daunte Wright’s death, advocates press leaders to get police out of traffic enforcement. Yes, please. (Joshua Vaughn, The Appeal, ~4 min.)
White House insider. Socialite. Best-selling author. Pioneering broadcaster. A torrid romance with Willie Morris. Barbara Howar of North Carolina did it all. The perfect frothy profile for weekend reading. (John Meroney and Patricia Beauchamp, Garden & Gun, ~25 min.)
A 23-year-old coder kept QAnon online when no one else would. This kid kills me. (William Turton and Joshua Brustein, Bloomberg, ~13 min.)
The redemption of Justin Bieber. This isn’t the story I thought it was, and it’s all the better for it. (Zach Baron, GQ, ~25 min.)
Return the national parks to the tribes. If ever a case has been made … wow. (David Treuer, The Atlantic, ~25 min.)
Everything has been terrible — and that deepens the good, transformative moment of getting vaccinated. Truth! (Katherine Miller, BuzzFeed News, ~6 min.)
When the techies took over Tahoe. After the pandemic, will mountain towns ever be the same? (Rachel Levin, Outside, ~21 min.)
We didn’t learn from George Floyd. Searing. (Jennifer Brooks, Star Tribune, ~3 min.)
In the Heights: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jon M. Chu on the hard fight to turn the groundbreaking musical into a movie. Holy schnikes. (Rebecca Rubin, Variety, ~15 min.)
Seeing in the Dark: A secular sermon on race, grief, accountability, and change. This stopped me in my tracks; don’t miss it. (Breai Mason-Campbell, Pipe Wrench, ~24 min.)
If you read one thing this week
The return of my garbage self. What if the pandemic has changed everything but really nothing? (Lydia Kiesling, The Cut, ~4 min.)