Welcome to the weekend. Uncertainty is hard. Sitting still in what we know is so much easier. But we are not sitting still — not anymore. We’ve gone straight from lockdown and isolation to gathering in the streets. It’s a head-spinning turn. Maybe the weekend is a time to take stock. Whatever you are doing, make time for some amazing journalism.
George Floyd, from ‘I want to touch the world’ to ‘I can’t breathe’
Mr. Floyd had big plans for life nearly 30 years ago. His death in police custody is powering a movement against police brutality and racial injustice. Above, a memorial to Mr. Floyd in Minneapolis.
[Also read: “Houston Bids Goodbye to George Floyd, Whose Killing Galvanized a Movement”]
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A small Mississippi town, ‘asking for a breath’ after mayor’s remarks unleash protests
Protests over George Floyd’s death have reached small towns like Petal, Miss., a predominantly white community where neighbors are confronting one another and talking about racial divides. Above, Justin Powell and his son.
[Also read: “Trump Falsely Targets Buffalo Protester, 75, as ‘Antifa Provocateur’”]
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Bob Dylan has a lot on his mind
In a rare interview, the Nobel Prize winner discusses mortality, drawing inspiration from the past, and his new album: “Rough and Rowdy Ways.”
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How to feed crowds in a protest or pandemic? The Sikhs know
Their centuries-old faith tradition of nourishing anyone in need has found new energy and purpose in America’s turmoil. Above, the Sikh Center of New York, in Queens Village, has served more than 145,000 free meals in the last two months.
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The remorseless confessions of a champion underbidder
Why intentional underbidding is an unbeatable spades strategy (dishonorable too, but this player doesn’t care).
[Also read: “Therapy as a Party Game? Yes, With Fewer Fights Than Monopoly,” “Board Games for a Desert Island,” and “It’s Only a Game! Or So They Say.”]
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What we look like
Eleven Asian-American artists celebrate their experiences of culture and identity with illustrated self portraits.
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Joe Biden, emissary of grief
His entire political career has been marked by personal loss. His allies say that makes him uniquely capable of leading a nation grappling with death. Above, Mr. Biden paused at his mother’s coffin after delivering her eulogy in 2010.
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Donna Tartt on the Singular Voice, and Pungent Humor, of Charles Portis
Portis, who died in February, occupied a unique place in American letters. His novels, written in the vernacular of his native Arkansas, beg to be read aloud. Above, John Wayne, left, and Charles Portis, on the set of the 1969 movie version of Portis’s novel “True Grit.”
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One bar. 12 weeks. 17 lives in lockdown.
Following an Oakland tavern and its staff — from the tattooed bartender to the undocumented cleaner — as they weather the economic and emotional fallout from the coronavirus. Above, Louwenda Kachingwe, the owner of the bar, the Hatch, is known as Pancho. “The logical thing would just be to shut it down,” he said at one point. “But in this case, it’s about the people.”
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From Opinion: Inequalities existed in New York long before the pandemic
Rather than erasing those differences, Covid-19 has shown the way that each of them is intricately linked.
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