The Weekly Town Crier (05/22/20)
All the week’s news that’s fit to cry about (05/22/20).
Read “Jorge Santana (of Malo and brother of Carlos), RIP” at Brooklyn Vegan.
Read “Fred Willard, Comic Actor Who Thrived in Ensembles, Dies at 86” at New York Times.
Read “Ravi Zacharias Dies of Cancer The famous apologist was 74” at Christianity Today.
Read “Carlos Santana's brother, guitarist Jorge Santana, dead at 68” at Fox News.
Read “Al Mohler, Southern Baptist leader, says he was ‘stupid’ to defend slavery in 1998 CNN interview” at Religion News Service.
Read “When States Don't Talk with Churches about Covid Timetables, Tensions Increase” at Christianity Today.
Read “Despite Bad News, Evangelical Philosophy Is Flourishing” at Christianity Today.
Read “‘Laudato Si’’ was not enough. The Vatican needs to prioritize climate change” at America Magazine.
Read “Churches obsessed with their right to reopen are missing the point Genuine Christian faith is larger than the US Constitution” at Christian Century.
Read “We’re all monks now” at America Magazine.
Read “At New York hospital, a friar watches over those dying: ‘The miracle is to let go’” at Washington Post.
Read “Jane Roe’s Deathbed Confession: Anti-Abortion Conversion ‘All an Act’ Paid for by the Christian Right” at Daily Beast.
Read “Writer Anne Rice: 'Today I Quit Being A Christian'“ at NPR.
Read “'Sleeping While Black': Louisville Police Kill Unarmed Black Woman” at NPR. #BreonnaTaylor
Read “Ahmaud Arbery’s lynching begs America to respond What would it take to stop seeing neighbors as intruders and threats?” at Christian Century. #AhmaudArbery
Read “Meet The Woman Who Led Denmark to Cut Food Waste By 25% in 5 Years Selina Juul isn’t a politician. But she’s leading Denmark’s food waste revolution” at Global Citizen.
Read “Hacker Group Leaks Confidential Lady Gaga Files, Threatens to Next Take Down Donald Trump” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “After My Wife Died I Was Consumed by Both Grief and Paperwork. We Must Work Together to Change the Medical System” at Time.
Weekly Coronavirus Roundup:
Read “Obama team left pandemic playbook for Trump administration, officials confirm” at PBS News Hour.
Read “Replace Trump And Bolster The CDC, A Leading Medical Journal Urges” at NPR.
Read “Defying all odds, the world's last Blockbuster thinks it can outlast the pandemic” at AV Club.
Read “Michigan Coronavirus Cases Jump By Over 1,000 As Armed Anti-Lockdown Protesters Shut Down Capitol.”
Read “'A Lot To Be Hopeful For': Crisis Seen As Historic, Not Another Great Depression” at NPR.
Read “The Pandemic as God’s Judgment Does the biblical pattern of disaster and discipline with a call to repent apply to COVID-19?” at Christianity Today.
Read “'Us Vs. Them' In A Pandemic: Researchers Warn Divisions Could Get Dangerous” at NPR.
Read “Coronavirus Brings Beer Drinkers Back to Bud Light Craft brewers face a reckoning as Americans opt for value and familiarity with brands like Miller Lite and Coors Light” at Wall Street Journal.
Read/Watch “US coronavirus death toll passes 90,000 but influential model lowers its prediction” at CNN.
Read the AZ Central opinion piece: “State won't name nursing homes where seniors are dying because it's .... bad publicity?”
Read “Where Do White Evangelicals Get Their Coronavirus News? The White House While most agree with the response from public health officials, confidence in the Trump administration outweighs the news media” at Christianity Today.
Read “Reports: Inexperience and cronyism slowed Kushner-led efforts to procure medical supplies” at CNN. “The volunteer group was also told to prioritize leads from "VIPs," including political allies, conservative journalists and associates of Trump, outlets reported.”
Read “Trump threatens to halt WHO funding, review U.S. membership” at Reuters.
Read “Covid-19 lockdowns could drop carbon emissions to their lowest level since World War II. But the change may be temporary” at CNN.
Read “Aiming for novelty in coronavirus coverage, journalists end up sensationalizing the trivial and untrue” at The Conversation.
Read “Pakistan Is Giving Tree-Planting Jobs to Workers Unemployed Due to COVID-19” Global Citizen.
Read “U.S. Could Have Saved 36,000 Lives If Social Distancing Started 1 Week Earlier: Study” at NPR.
Read “Send Nudes": A New Study Shows How Often Boys Pressure Girls For Explicit Photos” at A Mighty Girl.
Read “Social, Political Animals: Embodied Learning and the Limits of Online Education” at Public Discourse.
Read “Tell Me How This Is Not Terrorism People with firearms forced the civil government of the state of Michigan to shut itself down” at Esquire.
Read “Trump, Unveiling Space Force Flag, Touts What He Calls New 'Super-Duper Missile' at NPR.
As we move into campaign season, let’s not forget:
Read “How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business” at Forbes (from 2017).
Read “The Prophecies of Q American conspiracy theories are entering a dangerous new phase.” at The Atlantic.
Read “Democrats Bet Health Care Will Deliver 2020 Victories” at NPR. “"Democrats are betting that Americans will vote for the party of health care over the party of drinking bleach.
Read “Trump says administration will continue legal fight to eliminate Obamacare” at CNN.
Read “Trump wants payroll tax holiday to mitigate coronavirus economic pain” at Reuters.
Read “Texas mayor says women can't pray at city council meetings in email to fellow councilmember” at WFAA.
Read “Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism” at Aeon.
Read “Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2 remaster soundtrack revealed - and it's missing a few classics” at EuroGamer.
Read “Live Nation to trial socially distanced shows in New Zealand” at NME.
Read “This Is What America’s First Socially Distanced Concert Looked Like” at Stereogum.
Read “Jeff Tweedy, Sharon Van Etten Join Daniel Johnston-Inspired Mental-Health Initiative Hi, How Are You Project asks people to spread awareness of mental health by simply asking others ‘Hi, how are you?’ at Rolling Stone.
Read “Dirty Projectors’ David Longstreth Reflects on ‘Workingman’s Dead’” at Relix.
Read “Americana ‘Wunderkind’ Sammy Brue Opens Up About Balancing Fame And Youth” at American Songwriter.
Read “Neil Young’s Lost 1975 Album ‘Homegrown’ To Be Released in June” at Relix.
Read “The Complicated Legacy of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis We honor the life of the tortured frontman by living and enduring as long as possible” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “Jason Molina's 'Eight Gates' To Get A Posthumous Release In August” at NPR.
Read “Massive Attack's 3D raises £106,000 for Bristol food banks with art print fire sale” at The Guardian.
Read “Wu-Tang Clan Selling “Protect Ya Hands” Sanitizer For every purchase, a bottle will be donated to a homeless shelter in Canada” at Consequence of Sound.
Read “He Thinks He is Pink Floyd”: Roger Waters Calls Out David Gilmour Over Use of Pink Floyd Website” Jambands.
Read “A 3,350-Song Playlist of Music from Haruki Murakami’s Personal Record Collection” at Open Culture.
Read “How the Coronavirus Is Affecting America’s Vinyl Record Industry” at Pitchfork
Read “Grab a book. It’s good for your health. That’s one good thing about sheltering in place” about Christian Century.
Watch “Missouri Penguins Enjoy 'Morning Of Fine Art' At Local Museum” at NPR.
Read “Antidepressant Microbes In Soil: How Dirt Makes You Happy” Gardening Know How.
Read “Are Creative People Crazier? Yes, being "a little bit" bipolar or schizophrenic is linked to creativity” at Psychology Today.
Read “Peyton Manning, Drew Holcomb and others launch top-shelf Tennessee bourbon whiskey” at Tennesean.
Read “Ducey Asks Businesses To Self-Police On Safety Protocols” at KJZZ.
Read “From the Grand Canyon to Stevie Nicks, here are 130 reasons why The Republic loves Arizona” at AZ Central.