Sunday Reads: May 15
Hope you all had a great weekend.
Jenn is in Virginia presenting at the National Main Street Conference this week, so this post is a bit late, but here’s this week’s reading list.
The Washington Post: NASA’s Mars helicopter was supposed to fly five times. It’s flown 28.
NPR: Orthodox Christian churches are drawing in far-right American converts
The New Yorker: How should Twitter change?
The New York Times: Here are the wildfire risks to homes across the lower 48 states
Smithsonian Magazine: Construction workers uncover massive 800-year-old Aztec dwelling in Mexico City
The New York Times: Facing higher grocery prices, shoppers change habits
The Seattle Times: Shareholder: Amazon’s ‘astronomical’ misuse of customer data could ruin company
The Atlantic: The biggest potential water disaster in the United States
The New York Times: How New York is preparing for an influx of out-of-state abortion patients
Associated Press: U.S. fishing haul fell 10 percent during first pandemic year
The New York Times: Teens in distress are swamping pediatricians
The Washington Post: Meatpackers hyped ‘baseless’ shortage to keep plants open amid covid
Grist: A quiet revolution: Southwest cities learn to thrive amid drought
Forbes: The great unsubscribe
Associated Press: Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026
NPR: Firearm-related homicide rate skyrockets amid stresses of the pandemic, the CDC says
The Washington Post: People are getting IUDs and Plan B ahead of a possible post-Roe future
NPR: Restaurants that survived the pandemic are now threatened by inflation
The Washington Post: Suspects can use extreme intoxication as defense, Canadian court says
NPR: Beware, new student loan borrowers: Interest rates are about to jump
Associated Press: Running an abortion clinic while waiting for court decision
The New York Times: Redefining ‘sustainable fashion’
The Wall Street Journal: At Starbucks, third place is no longer gold
The Economist: The office of the future
The New York Times: Florida releases reviews that led to rejection of math textbooks
Associated Press: Wisconsin GOP eyeing shift in control of election oversight
The Economist: A flotilla of startups wants to streamline global supply chains
The Washington Post: Why electric scooters in India keep going up in flames




