Reading archive 2021-12-22 through 2022-01-04

Mexico’s wheat fields help feed the world. They’re also releasing a dangerous greenhouse gas.

‘JFK’ at 30: Oliver Stone and the lasting impact of America’s most dangerous movie: Oliver Stone defied Washington, Hollywood and history itself to make his controversial JFK drama. Its legacy endures.

Long before embracing Trump’s false election claims, Rep. Scott Perry promoted groundless theories

Opinion: This Christmas, LGBTQ Catholics are once again wondering whether we belong

Trump’s newest business partner: A Chinese firm with a history of SEC investigations: Shanghai-based Arc Capital, an investment firm that has been the target of probes by securities regulators, is at the center of the deal to take Trump’s media venture public.

Hong Kong tears down ‘Pillar of Shame’ sculpture honoring Tiananmen victims

Pregnancy apps have become a battleground of vaccine misinformation: How the What To Expect site managed to clean up its big anti-vaccine problem

Pablo Escobar’s personal photographer confronts the drug lord’s complicated legacy

A year ago, Fox News considered a breakup with Trump. 2021 changed those plans.: Going into 2022, the network’s alignment with Trump has it grappling with a pair of potentially catastrophic lawsuits. But its ratings are on top again.

The mob killing of a factory manager in Pakistan comes amid surge in anti-blasphemy violence: This religious crusade is rapidly gaining popular support and could threaten the country’s stability

In their shared sea, Ukraine and Russia already risk direct conflict every day

How Ted Koppel’s trip to ‘Mayberry’ turned into one of 2021’s most striking moments of TV: The veteran newsman and “CBS Sunday Morning” contributor explains how a seeming puff piece about “The Andy Griffith Show” turned into an unsettling snapshot of an angry America - "What started with those general questions wound up evolving into one of the most striking TV segments of the year, as Koppel was visibly taken aback by the fierce nostalgia for a time and place that literally never existed — and how it connects to the misinformation that has infiltrated America’s politics."

A respiratory therapist fought on covid’s front lines. The last wave broke him.

Takeaways from HBO Max’s Harry Potter reunion: tears, nostalgia and a curious lack of J.K. Rowling

Taliban cracks down on more rights while demanding Western aid: Women must have male escorts on long taxi rides, and election commissions are shut down

BBC faces backlash after Dershowitz analyzes Maxwell case, despite accusation from alleged Epstein victim

Militaries are among the world’s biggest emitters. This general wants them to go green.

This tree has stood here for 500 years. Will it be sold for $17,500?