Trump’s menacingly dishonest response to the Minnesota ICE shooting
In this article, Eric Levitz discusses the harm caused by President Donald Trump’s response to Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis. He writes, “the president evidently feels he has little to lose by refusing to treat his government’s killing of a young American mother as a subject worthy of solemnity, honesty, or scrutiny. In doing so, he has demonstrated that ICE’s abuses of power stem not from a few ‘bad apples,’ but from an increasingly rotten tree.”
The problem with blaming everything on inflammation
It is so incredibly easy to fall for the myths and diet culture surrounding inflammation, especially when it’s seemingly everywhere on social media. But Dylan Scott’s inflammation explainer (which is also the first installment of his new weekly newsletter, Good Medicine) made me rethink what I know about inflammation and my health.
America’s century-long interest in Venezuelan oil
In the wake of Maduro’s capture, many of us found ourselves asking… What does this have to do with oil? Caitlin Dewey does a fantastic job explaining how the US is entangled with Venezuela’s oil industry, and how “oil isn’t the easy explanation that many commentators seem to think it is.”
How to turn casual friends into close friends
When I read Hannah Seo’s piece about finding your “strawberry people,” it really warmed my heart. Listen, I know firsthand how hard it is to find new friends in your 20s, and this mindful method of carefully curating the people who deserve the most of your time by placing a specific emoji next to their name (strawberry or otherwise) feels approachable and productive.
