A newsy weekend, with protests and parades — and flags. How a shattered media landscape leads to a distortion of reality. Our reluctance to pay for local news. And with summer right around the corner, shouldn’t we be able to define yacht rock? Even by Weekend Reader standards, this edition is a weird one.
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Your Weekend Reader for June 7-8
A deep dive into Coffin Butte. Raising money for roads. A surgeon general nominee with an eye for business. The House revolution hits college athletics. Kristof clings to hope. Where news deserts begin. And the Post turns to AI. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for May 31-June 1
Pick your poison: News desert or diminished newspaper? Trump cashes in. A grim prognosis for public health. Too many bills? Your cat sniffs you out. “Mission: Impossible.” John Fogerty. The end of the universe. It’s all in an unusually wide-ranging edition of the Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for May 24-25
Memorial Day weekend. Trump’s war against higher education. “Big and Beautiful” SNAP cuts. Rural hospital woes. A new transportation wrinkle. Voting turnout. The Cannes Film Festival. “Mission: Impossible.” And a few words about where I work now. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for May 17-18
Vote now. “Original Sin.” Vaccination rates. Microfluidics. College track and field. Oregon’s bottle bill. The Berkeley Pit. Happiness. James Comey’s shell post. And the definition of news. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for May 10-11
News about the pope. News about baseball. News about the pope and baseball. Also: A new twist on Greater Idaho. The decline of pop culture. The Malheur Enterprise. And Mother’s Day cards. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for May 3-4
Celebrate May. Trump vs. Harvard. Trump vs. The Atlantic. The lessons of “Public Opinion.” The duck remains on Waverly Lake, but not the boats. Quake news. Kotek firings. Near-death studies. And popular (and unpopular) dogs. It’s all in in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for April 26-27
Having trouble sleeping? Here’s help. Scared about flying? You’re not alone. Trump news. A Tesla backlash in Marin County. Press freedom. What “Conclave” got wrong. The wrong way to rate “Sinners.” Oh, and a bear on a slide. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.
Your Weekend Reader for April 19-20
Humor vs. tyrants. Easter Sunday and a possible resurgence in religion. Dollar woes. Jan. 6 “heroes.” The transfer portal bites OSU. The pleasures of print. Life on another planet. And the Giant Meteor returns. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.