What We Like Right Now
Our favorite picks for the week of Aug. 24, 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. 24.
- Senior business and economics correspondent Jordan Weissmann likes …
“Saying ‘Nobody Knows Why Stocks Are Down’ Is Both True and Unhelpful” by Myles Udland, Business Insider
“This piece on why it’s kind of BS to just say ‘I dunno why markets do what they do’ is worth a read.”
- Slate staff writer Mark Joseph Stern likes …
“We’re Now Averaging More Than One Mass Shooting Per Day in 2015” by Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post
“A mass shooting a day in America; a countrywide loosening of gun laws—but don’t you dare politicize shootings.”
- Chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie likes …
“How Black Reporters Report on Black Death” by Gene Demby, NPR
“This is a good time to read this fantastic story on race, reporting, and objectivity.”
- Senior editor Rachael Larimore likes …
“The Coddling of the American Mind” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, Atlantic
“How ‘I’m offended’ becomes an unbeatable trump card. Depressing piece on academic freedom and campus life.”
- Books and culture columnist Laura Miller likes …
“Don’t Settle: The Journalist in the Shadow of the Commercial Web” by Guy Patrick Cunningham, Los Angeles Review of Books
“Great piece about the state of online journalism.”
- Senior editor Gabe Roth likes …
“We Never Have to Be Alone: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Live 1974” by Will Sheff, willsheff.com
“Apropos of nothing, this is my favorite piece of music writing by a musician.”