Happy Sunday! Things are… not great!
US coronavirus cases top 12 million. An expert says spread is now 'faster' and 'broader' than ever (CNN)
Navy Research Confirms Need for Strict Coronavirus Testing Protocols (NYT)
Meanwhile, this is the kind of good, difficult work election officials are actually doing: After a voter died, her own daughter had to challenge her ballot (The 19th*)
Peace was swift in Ethiopia under Abiy. War was, too. (WaPo)
Protecting Women Against HIV Just Got 9 Times Easier (NPR)
2,000-year-old seal depicting Greek god Apollo found in Jerusalem (LiveScience)
Women Of Afghanistan Won't Give Up Their Soccer Dreams (NPR)
McDonald’s Is Seriously Naming Its Plant-Based Burger ‘McPlant’ (Eater)
And some longer reads:
An essential essay: Rebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway (LitHub)
The Enraging Deja Vu of a Third Coronavirus Wave (ProPublica)
I always look forward to this: 100 Notable Books of 2020 (NYT)
The True Story of Rose Dugdale, The Woman Who Stole Vermeer (CrimeReads)
xoxo, Katie