11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/briefing/best-weekend-reads.html

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Welcome to the weekend. This year has had enough curveballs to challenge even the strongest person among us, so don’t beat yourself up if your mental health has taken a hit. We all process our feelings in different ways, whether that’s pounding the pavement to de-stress or listening to some podcasts that can heal your mind. Take a little time this weekend to check in with yourself and your loved ones, and of course, read some incredible journalism.

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In a candid interview, the comic discusses America’s summer of strife, President Trump, blackface and his dramatic turn in the new season of “Fargo.”

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The detection of a gas in the planet’s atmosphere could turn scientists’ gaze to a planet long overlooked in the search for extraterrestrial life.

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This season, Jason Wu was one of the very few designers staging a traditional runway show during New York Fashion Week.

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The camp, already a bleak emblem of Europe’s migrant policy, was locked down after a coronavirus outbreak, prompting some asylum seekers to set fires that left thousands homeless.

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The Falcons, who play in the home city of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., are making voting rights a priority this season.

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Ghosted by their employers, members of the profession are facing “a full-blown humanitarian crisis — a Depression-level situation.”

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Ephemeral works of art, like Maurizio Cattelan’s creation out of fruit, can often pose conservation challenges for the museums that have them.

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This summer, they wore masks in hot kitchens to make free meals for New Yorkers. But their work is just getting started.

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Millions will be displaced in the coming decades by fires, hurricanes, extreme heat and rising seas. Where will they go?

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Aaron E. Carroll, a contributing Opinion writer, writes that Americans will need to take pandemic precautions well into 2021, even after a vaccine arrives.

[Also read: “I Am Not a Brave Person. I Am Also Patient 1133.”]

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Erno Rubik, who devised one of the world’s most popular and enduring puzzles, opens up about his creation in his new book, “Cubed.”

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