I know February is short, but it still felt like March snuck up on me.
US and Taliban sign deal to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan (The Guardian)
Washington state man becomes first U.S. death from coronavirus (NBC News)
This is alarming: Justice Dept. Establishes Office to Denaturalize Immigrants (NYT)
As is this: A third of Poland has declared itself “LGBTQ-free zones” (LGBTQ Nation)
Finally: Tom Steyer drops out of the presidential race (Vox)
Bloomberg Argued For Bribing Congress, Said He’d ‘Defend’ Banks If He Ran For Prez (TPM)
Three Years After Unexplained Medical Emergency, Russian Activist Sues FBI For Toxicology Results (RFE)
Climate Change Could Force Millions of Americans to Flee the Coast. AI Predicts Where They'll Go (Gizmodo)
China’s Rover Finds Layers of Surprise Under Moon’s Far Side (NYT)
Amazing: Irish drug dealer loses £46m bitcoin codes he hid in fishing rod case (The Guardian)
And today’s longer reads:
Living with Coronavirus Anxiety in Singapore (The New Yorker)
The Dangerous, 'Relatable' Appeal of Lara Trump (Jezebel)
This looks like it will be great: Welcome to The Climate Crisis Newsletter (The New Yorker)
The pungent legacy of Axe Body Spray (Vox)
Clever cats and other swashbuckling tales (Medieval manuscripts blog)
xoxo, Katie