Reading archive 2021-03-01

When your playwrights are in despair, Kansas, it’s past time to be worried

Israel expands probe into the oil spill endangering its shoreline

At the Golden Globes, faulty connections and some mixed messages about diversity

As CPAC dismisses claims that its stage resembled a Nazi insignia, Hyatt calls hate symbols ‘abhorrent’

We could be traveling again by summer. This is what to consider before you plan.

S.D. Gov. Kristi Noem says she nailed the pandemic response. Fauci: The numbers ‘don’t lie.’

How to care for your wood cutting board so it lasts a lifetime

Johnson & Johnson vaccine deepens concerns over racial and geographic inequities: Governors weigh ease of use against perception of a two-tiered system if new coronavirus vaccine is deployed primarily to harder-to-reach communities

A man refused to mask up at a high school basketball game. Then he killed an officer who intervened, police say.

How George Floyd’s death is fueling a push for affordable housing in mostly White parts of D.C.

Rewriting January 6th: Republicans push false and misleading accounts of Capitol riot - "A legion of conservative activists, media personalities and elected officials are seeking to rewrite the story of what happened at the Capitol on Jan. 6, hoping to undermine the clear picture of the attack that has emerged from video and photo evidence, law enforcement officials, journalistic accounts and the testimonials of the rioters themselves: that a pro-Trump mob, mobilized by the former president’s false claims of a stolen election, stormed the seat of American government to keep Trump in power through violent means."

Where Jill Biden drops by for a cup of coffee can make quite a statement