Sunday Reads: May 23

The New York Times: Tokyo Olympics: Japanese poll finds 83 percent oppose Summer Games
Associated Press: Darwin’s Arch loses its top due to erosion in Galapagos
NPR: America’s satanic panic returns — this time through QAnon
The New York Times: A strange moment for the U.S. economy
NPR: More cities are handing people cash with no strings attached. Here’s why
Associated Press: Changed by pandemic, many workers won’t return to old jobs
NPR: America’s herd immunity fixation should end, scientists say
Politico: You snooze, you lose: Insurers make the old adage literally true
NPR: The case for universal Pre-K just got stronger
Bloomberg: America’s restaurant apocalypse has been greatly exaggerated
The New York Times: What Americans missed most about going to restaurants. (It wasn’t the food.)
The Hechinger Report: PROOF POINTS: Why reading comprehension is deteriorating
Wired: COVID forced America to make more stuff. What happens now?
The Washington Post: Beef isn’t being banned. But it’s always a staple of the culture-war diet.
Vox: Why firing squads are making a comeback in 21st-century America
Flathead Beacon: Within a few years, Glacier Rail Park now full
NPR: Feds seize 68 lions, tigers and other big cats from Tiger King Park in Oklahoma
Associated Press: Big gaps in vaccine rates across the US worry health experts
Bon Appetit: Bouncier Buns and Nori Sleeves: How the pandemic changed restaurant food
NPR: A new infections coronavirus is detected in Malaysia, and it’s coming from dogs
CityLab: When cities say no to new transportation technology
The Washington Post: See you in 20 (or less): Living where access is within a short walk or bike ride
NPR: With lethal injections harder to come by, some states are turning to firing squads