#sundayread for June 20, 2021
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My picks for #sundayread for June 20, 2021:
- Flashback: What a blogger recapped for City Stages 2006
#Bham - “He shot me”: Why did Alabama give Hoover cop Jason McIntosh back his gun?
By Laura Strickler @strickdc and @TVKateSnow
#Bham - Tech for disabled people is booming. So where’s the funding?
By @Devi_Lockwood
(h/t @sundaylongread) - Ten years ago this week, what were our #sundayread recommendations?
https://bit.ly/3unx3jB - The New Reconstruction: The U.S. has its best opportunity in 150 years to belatedly fulfill its promise as a multiracial democracy.
By @AdamSerwer
(h/t @longreads) - How former ref Tim Donaghy conspired to fix NBA games
By @ScottEden1
(h/t @longreads) - Flashback: Look at all the film showcases Birmingham had in summer 2006
#Bham - Patrick Soon-Shiong is still trying to save the Los Angeles Times. Some hope he’ll do more than that.
By @SarahEllison
(h/t @sundaylongread) - Gaza journalist Sami Obeid explains what’s happening in the Gaza Strip, and how residents feel about Hamas
By Nir Gontarz @gontarzn
(h/t @sundaylongread) - Flashback: For my viewing pleasure
- How the Town of Weed, Calif., Embraced Weed
By @ThomasFullerNYT
(h/t @longreads) - The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped COVID Kill
By @MeganMolteni
(h/t @longreads) - Despite assertions that OnlyFans isn’t powered by sexual content, the platform is synonymous with porn. What is it really?
By Charlotte Shane @CharoShane
(h/t @sundaylongread) - Cartoonist and Author Alison Bechdel Works Out Her Issues
By @E_AlexJung
(h/t @longreads)
More posts from me this week:
More #sundayread:
- All tweets for June 20 #sundayread
- The latest #sundayread tweets
- More #sundayread recommendations from me