COVID-19 stories:
On the ground with celebrity chef and activist José Andrés as he attempts to feed the world during the pandemic. (Time, ~22 min.)
The indomitable Susan Glasser has the coronavirus column of the week. Don’t miss it. (New Yorker, ~7 min.)
Quit trying to find meaning in coronavirus case counts. Spoiler alert: There isn’t any. (FiveThirtyEight, ~21 min.)
How previous pandemics and epidemics changed the way we live. (Smithsonian Magazine, ~7 min.)
Millions of Americans are still going to work every day, and it’s definitely not business as usual. These are their stories. (New York Times, ~67 min.)
The pandemic has thrown America’s class divide into stark relief: Urban elites are retreating to rural communities for self-isolation, and in doing so are threatening those communities’ very existence. (BuzzFeed News, ~16 min.)
An incredible oral history of the Zaandam cruise ship, infected with coronavirus and then refused entry at port after port after port. (Washington Post, ~13 min.)
Aha! The toilet paper shortage explainer we’ve been waiting for. (Marker by Medium, ~8 min.)
A delightful week in the life of two parents working remotely full-time, while simultaneously trying to home-school their offspring. (New York Review of Books, ~6 min.)
In which Ina Garten shares her cosmo recipe on Instagram at 9:30 a.m. Oh, Ina. Never leave us. (The Cut, ~1 min.)
The best of the rest:
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How Greta Thunberg became the climate crisis activist we so desperately needed. (Rolling Stone, ~14 min.)
Do we need another appreciation of Schitt’s Creek? Yes. Yes, we do. (Variety, ~14 min.)
Eastern Airlines Flight 1320 was supposed to be a quick hop between Newark and Boston. Then a hijacker talked his way into the cockpit, and what happened next changed everything about how we fly. (Boston Globe, ~30 min.)
One hundred-odd years ago, concentration camps didn’t exist; now, they’re everywhere. What changed? (The Guardian, ~22 min.)
Phoenix stank at recycling. Then its leaders got creative, and the city went from zero to hero in just a few years. This is how they did it. (Fast Company, ~18 min.)
At the edge of Alaska, a love story like I’ve never read before. (Outside, ~23 min.)
Maureen Dowd talks quarantine with Larry David, the true authority when it comes to doing nothing. (New York Times, ~17 min.)
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