America is not ready for Omicron

Plus, the scholarly pursuit of Shrek: 20 years of ogres and irony. | Interesting stories worth your time. [Presented By]( [Noom]( As the Omicron variant continues to infect with shocking speed, Ed Yong’s reporting for The Atlantic remains indispensable. This time, he writes, the variant’s threat is far greater at the societal level than at the personal one. “Every struggle makes us who we are,” a friend tells Jessica Yauri, who’s written a moving essay about her attitudinal shift towards her parents’ profession (collecting cans). And why is there an obituary here? Because it may well be the greatest, most irreverent one you will ever come across. — Mia Quagliarello, Head of Creator Community and Newsletters [America Is Not Ready for Omicron]( [America Is Not Ready for Omicron]( [The Atlantic · Ed Yong The new variant poses a far graver threat at the collective level than the individual one—the kind of test that the U.S. has repeatedly failed. America...]( [Flip]( PROMOTED BY Noom [You Can Take Back Control Of Your Health With Noom]( [noom.com]( [Noom uses psychology to make lasting changes to your physical and mental health.]( [Learn More]( [The American Addiction to Speeding]( [The American Addiction to Speeding]( [slate.com · Henry Grabar How we became obsessed with driving fast, no matter the cost. One Tuesday morning this fall, I strapped on a Kevlar vest and slid into the passenger …]( [Flip]( [My Parents Collect Cans for a Living]( [My Parents Collect Cans for a Living]( [The Nation · By Jessica Yauri When people ask about my family now, I tell them not with embarrassment or shame but with pride. EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was developed in the writing...]( [Flip]( [An Addictive War: How Cartel Bosses are Playing the U.S. Justice System]( [An Addictive War: How Cartel Bosses are Playing the U.S. Justice System]( [occrp.org · christine.nicholson@occrp.org (Antonio Delgado (Miami Herald), Brian Fitzpatrick (OCCRP), Kevin G. Hall, Lilia Saúl Rodriguez (OCCRP), Jay Weaver (Miami Herald) and Verdad Abierta) Bringing drug kingpins to face justice in the U.S. has long been seen as a key part of Washington’s anti-cartel arsenal. Behind the showy press …]( [Flip]( [Afghan women: Secret diaries of changing lives]( [Afghan women: Secret diaries of changing lives]( [BBC News · By Sodaba Haidare When the Taliban swept into Kabul on 15 August the only shots they fired were in celebration. For Afghan women, the salvos represented the loss of all...]( [Flip]( [‘Today, there is no design for everybody.’ Read bell hooks’ earth-shaking essay on design]( [‘Today, there is no design for everybody.’ Read bell hooks’ earth-shaking essay on design]( [Fast Company · By Mark Wilson It’s 1,500 words that will blow your hair back. The pioneering Black feminist Gloria Jean Watkins—best known by her lowercase pen name bell hooks—passed...]( [Flip]( [Logic's song '1-800-273-8255' saved lives from suicide, study finds]( [Logic's song '1-800-273-8255' saved lives from suicide, study finds]( [CNN · By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — "I've been praying for somebody to save me, no one's heroic ... And my life don't even matter, I know it, I know it ... They say every life...]( [Flip]( [Obituaries in Fayetteville, NC]( [Obituaries in Fayetteville, NC]( [fayobserver.com · Renay Mandel Corren Renay Mandel Corren El Paso, TX—A plus-sized Jewish lady redneck died in El Paso on Saturday. Of itself hardly news, or good news if...]( [Flip]( [The Scholarly Pursuit of Shrek: 20 Years of Ogres and Irony]( [The Scholarly Pursuit of Shrek: 20 Years of Ogres and Irony]( [pastemagazine.com · Jamie Loftus “I am my own boss,” I tell myself as I log into a seven-hour Zoom call about the cultural legacy of Shrek (2001) at 3 a.m. on a Saturday morning. I...]( [Flip]( [The most popular TED Talks of 2021]( [The most popular TED Talks of 2021]( [ted.com · What ideas captured people's attention and took off the quickest? Here are the talks that intrigued and inspired in 2021.]( [Flip]( Check out our podcast! [Explore]( You have received this email because you signed up for an account on Flipboard with the email address: {EMAIL}. [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( ©2021 [Flipboard, Inc. Made with love at 555 Bryant St #352 Palo Alto, CA 94301](