What We Like Right Now
Our favorite picks for the week of Aug. 17, curated by Slate writers and editors.
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Here are our favorite stories, podcasts, and videos from around the Web for the week of Aug. 17.
- Columnist Reihan Salam likes …
“The Gig Economy Is Only Good for Some Workers—but It Doesn’t Need to Be That Way” by Allison Schrager, Quartz
“The best column I've read on the gig economy … ”
- Senior business and economics correspondent Jordan Weissmann likes …
“Canadian Maple Syrup ‘Rebels’ Clash With Law” by Ian Austen, New York Times
“The maple syrup industry is basically run by a cartel.”
- Staff writer Mark Joseph Stern likes …
“Bill Buckley Gets Bigger Over Time” by Scott Porch, Daily Beast
“This is a fantastic interview even if you don't care about Buckley.”
- Assistant editor Miriam Krule likes …
“Holding Off Emily Dickinson’s ‘Complete Poems’ ” by Dwight Garner, New York Times
“The first poem I ever memorized was by Emily Dickinson, so I found this ode particularly lovely.”
- Assistant social media editor Lisa Wong Macabasco likes …
“At Many Local Newspapers, There Are No Reporters of Color” by Alex T. Williams, Columbia Journalism Review
“Sobering but the phenomena outlined here are real: At many local newspapers, there are no reporters of color.”
- Chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie likes …
“Exclusion of Blacks From Juries Raises Renewed Scrutiny” by Adam Liptak, New York Times
“Unequal treatment leaves blacks mistrustful of justice system, which becomes justification to keep them off juries.”
- Photo editor Juliana Jiménez Jaramillo likes …
“The Murder of Mexico’s Free Press” by the editorial board, New York Times
“Journalists in many parts of Mexico face a terrible choice: they censor themselves or get silenced by a bullet.”