Recommended Reading (1/14/25)

This may be changing by the minute but: Gaza ceasefire deal hoped to be in final stages as mediators meet in Qatar (The Guardian)

Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case (NYT)

How Two Words from a 24-Year-Old Pasadena Climate Specialist Saved Hundreds of Lives (Local News Pasadena)

See some of the most terrifying and dramatic pictures of California wildfire devastation (NPR)

Justice Department Sues Six of the Nation’s Largest Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets (ProPublica)

Biden extends protections for immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador and Ukraine (NPR)

As a new session begins, with 1,155 bills, here’s how to find, track, and testify on legislation (NH Bulletin)

Ugh: NH Supreme Court sides with white supremacist group over highway banner in Portsmouth (NHPR)

This is important reporting on Neil Gaiman, but warning, some of it may be upsetting: There Is No Safe Word (Vulture)

The NFL is to CTE as MLB is to UCL (Baseball Prospectus)

An interesting review of Say Nothing: Talking Gets Us Nowhere (LARB)

When a Deadly Winter Storm Trapped a Luxury Passenger Train Near the Donner Pass for Three Days (Smithsonian)

Recommended Reading (1/8/25)

US accuses RSF of Sudan genocide and sanctions its leader (BBC)

What the Israel-Hezbollah war did to Lebanon's cultural heritage sites (NPR)

Justin Trudeau’s Trying to Save His Party. Is He Hurting Canada? (NYT)

Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland (The Guardian)

This is great: New rules will ban medical debt from your credit report (NPR)

By the numbers: Immigrants are key to New Hampshire's labor force growth (NHPR)

This is the secret system that covers up police misconduct — and ensures problem officers can get hired again (SF Chronicle)

The Audacious Scheme to Reroute India’s Water (Hakai Magazine)

These dreamy photos of historical Cairo will transport you to another time (NPR)

Striking Out in a Crowd (Baseball Prospectus)

Beech Trees Are Masters of Coordination (The Atlantic)

Publishing My Godmother's "Lost" Mystery Manuscripts (CrimeReads)

Recommended Reading (1/7/25)

Justin Trudeau announces plan to quit as Canada’s prime minister (The Guardian)

Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters (NPR)

First Bird Flu Death in U.S. Reported in Louisiana (NYT)

I was wavering about resubscribing but: A Pulitzer winner quits 'Washington Post' after a cartoon on Bezos is killed (NPR)

Pentagon agrees to settle historic lawsuit with LGBTQ+ veterans over discharge status (NPR)

How Illinois’ Hands-Off Approach to Homeschooling Leaves Children at Risk (ProPublica)

NH beekeepers say climate change is stressing out their bees (NHPR)

Removing Bias from Devices and Diagnostics Can Save Lives (Nature)

Behind the Pageantry of Shen Yun, Untreated Injuries and Emotional Abuse (NYT)

The Battle for Attention (The New Yorker)

She Was No 'Mammy' (The Atlantic)

Six Mysteries Set in Luxurious Destinations (CrimeReads)

Recommended Reading (1/6/25)

Inside a secret Ukrainian drone command post, where Russian soldiers are seen as prey (NPR)

I’m an Emergency Physician Keeping an Eye on Bird Flu. It’s Getting Dicey. (Slate)

Biden made diversifying the federal bench a top priority. Here's a look at his legacy (NPR)

Two proposed bills could limit driver’s licenses for immigrants in New Hampshire (NHPR)

How Fentanyl Laid Waste to Guatemala’s Time-Worn Opium Trade (NYT)

'America's Nobel' goes to a power couple who made a startling discovery about HIV (NPR)

How fast could a human being throw a fastball? 106 mph, 110 mph — even 125 mph? (The Athletic)

The ‘Beautiful Confusion’ of the First Billion Years Comes Into View (Quanta)

Should the Hawthorn Be Saved? (The Atlantic)

Rare court records show how poor women pioneered foster care in 1600s (The Guardian)

The Revenge of the Home Page (The New Yorker)

Crime and the City: Adelaide and South Australia (CrimeReads)

Recommended Reading (1/3/25)

‘Just by existing, he’s extended this war’: Timothy Snyder on Trump, Russia and Ukraine (The Guardian)

How the Assads used a civil war to turn Syria into a narco state (NPR)

Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103 (AP)

In Pictures: How one hospital is faring as Sudan's health care system is devastated by war (NPR)

New Hampshire schools told to expect less state aid for special education costs (NHPR)

Vital reading on plastic recycling: Selling a Mirage (ProPublica)

More trans teens attempted suicide after states passed anti-trans laws, a study shows (NPR)

What Happened When the Skating Coaches Wanted a Union (NYT)

Showcase for Antebellum Homes Displays Their Finery. But What About the History? (NYT)

Against ‘Latin American Literature’ (The Millions)

The Geologists of the Future (The Atlantic)

‘Amazing’ Viking-age treasure travelled half the world to Scotland, analysis finds (The Guardian)

Recommended Reading (1/2/25)

Here's what we know so far about the deadly attack in New Orleans (NPR)

What’s next for abortion laws in New Hampshire in 2025? (NHPR)

What to know about Finland, Russia's 'shadow fleet' and a severed undersea cable (NPR)

How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe (ProPublica)

Exclusive: Watchdog finds Black girls face more frequent, severe discipline in school (NPR)

Asteroids Could Fuel the Clean-Energy Transition (The Atlantic)

Religious groups ‘spending billions to counter gender-equality education’ (The Guardian)

A must-read on Spencer Horwitz: Always Another Mountaintop (Sportsnet)

Can Turning Office Towers Into Apartments Save Downtowns? (The New Yorker)

Angels and demons (Inside Story)

Don't Make Graves: The Essential Harlem Detectives (CrimeReads)

The Fashion Influencers of the French Revolution (NYT)

Recommended Reading (12/30/24)

Jimmy Carter, Peacemaking President Amid Crises, Is Dead at 100 (NYT)

In case you missed this good news over Christmas: Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners (NPR)

World endures 'decade of deadly heat' as 2024 caps hottest years on record (The Guardian)

So of course: Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell (NPR)

What’s in New Hampshire’s new minimum public school standards (NHPR)

New research points to raccoon dogs in Wuhan market as pandemic trigger. It's controversial (NPR)

Segregation Academies Still Operate Across the South. One Town Grapples With Its Divided Schools. (Pro Publica)

Cells Across the Tree of Life Exchange ‘Text Messages’ Using RNA (Quanta)

In Search of Lost Flavors in Flushing (The New Yorker)

City of cafes: Shanghai’s love affair with coffee (BBC)

How Novelist Lynne Reid Banks Helped Me See Myself—and the World (LitHub)

Why We Still Use Postage Stamps (The Atlantic)

Recommended Reading (12/20/24)

In Lebanon, residents fear Hezbollah could be hiding among people displaced by war (NPR)

This is bad! Under pressure from some conservative activists, Sununu pulls state librarian nominee (NHPR)

It's something, I guess: 13 states will have women governors next year, a new record (NPR)

For Xi Jinping, Religion Is Power (The Atlantic)

50 jobs, 30 years: The unseen labour of an Indian female worker (BBC)

Musket balls from first major battle of revolutionary war found near Boston (The Guardian)

Nick Harkaway on Growing Up with Smiley and Carrying on His Father’s Legacy with a new le Carré Novel (CrimeReads)

What the Heck Is Seaweed Mining? (Hakai)

Are We Living Through a Bagel Renaissance? (The New Yorker)

These Tiny Worms Account for at Least 4 Nobel Prizes (NYT)

Bringing Back Batting Average (Baseball Prospectus)

Japanese Green Tea Once Fueled the Midwest (Atlas Obscura)

Recommended Reading (11/13/24)

Phew: Ruben Gallego defeats Kari Lake in Arizona Senate race (NPR)

What Life Looks Like for Israelis Living Near Lebanon’s Border (NYT)

Justin Welby to quit as archbishop of Canterbury over handling of abuse scandal (The Guardian)

Haiti swears in a new leader as gangs shoot at a flight landing in the main airport (NPR)

Missing Henry VIII portrait found after random X post (BBC)

NASA's 'Hidden Figures' awarded Congressional Gold Medals for pioneering space work (NPR)

Nelson’s HMS Victory gives scientists vital DNA for battle against deathwatch beetle (The Guardian)

Strawberry Farmworkers Fight for a Living Wage (Civil Eats)

The Great Honeybee Fallacy (The Atlantic)

How ECMO Is Redefining Death (The New Yorker)

The Exploits and Exploitation of Indian Street Magic, Jadoo (CrimeReads)

Release Angles and the Illusion of Waste (Fangraphs)

Recommended Reading (11/12/24)

One piece of good news from Election Day, in case you missed it: Sarah McBride becomes the first out transgender person elected to Congress (NBC News)

Hamas’s Guerrilla Tactics in North Gaza Make It Hard to Defeat (NYT)

Sun, sea and sirens: A summer in Odesa (NPR)

The New Propaganda War (The Atlantic)

More NH communities consider community power (NHPR)

A new copyright rule lets McDonald's fix its own broken ice cream machines (NPR)

Yellowstone’s Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Park’s Ecosystem (NYT)

Aw: Squeezed out: last accordion maker in France to close shop after 105 years (The Guardian)

! A boy snatched from a California park in 1951 is found living on the East Coast (NPR)

Truly the wholesome news I needed today: Art Garfunkel “Cried At Reunion Lunch With Former Musical Partner Paul Simon After 20 Years’ Silence” (Deadline)

What Makes a Wonder? On the Human Need to Map Out Monumental Greatness (LitHub)

What a bioluminescent petunia had to teach me (Knowable)