Reading archive 2022-01-27

A guide to the Black female judges who are contenders to replace Justice Breyer

Meet the Ukrainian volunteers training to fight Russians in the streets of Kyiv

The Rise and Fall of F. Lee Bailey, the Lawyer Who Set O.J. Simpson Free: More than 20 years ago, Bailey helped Simpson beat murder charges. Here, the bankrupt, disbarred Bailey opens up about his own incredible saga.

Caught Dead: A look at the past, present, and future of bluefin tuna, the most coveted creature in the ocean, and how a fish can go from trash to treasure to endangered in the span of half a century - "Until the 1970s, bluefin tuna was a literal trash fish. If it wasn’t put into cat food, sport fishermen paid to have it hauled off to dumps (after taking a smiling photo next to their strung-up carcasses). Until the mid-1900s, tuna’s reputation was so bad in Japan that it was referred to as neko-matagi, food too low for even a cat to eat."

How Gay Men Normalize Sexual Assault: "As we've built fences to protect us from the hatred of the outside world, we've forgotten the need to protect the people inside of it as well."

Leading scientist says that without a full investigation of lab leak theory, the world will face ‘covid-26 and covid-32’: Baylor College of Medicine’s Peter Hotez adds his voice to a chorus that includes prominent Democrats and Republicans

FBI agent charged with attempted murder in shooting of man on Metro train

In Siberian coal country, signs of Russia’s shrinking population are everywhere. It ‘haunts’ Putin.