Dear John,

I hope you all had a good week. Thank you so much for the articles you shared. On a personal note, I’ll be out for the next couple Fridays—my sister had a baby! I’m so excited to get some family time with my niece and new baby nephew. The news digest will be back in June. Let me know what you’re reading this summer!

Here’s what we’re reading, watching, and listening to this week:
 

1. Legislative Session

The Minnesota Reformer recaps what happened at the end of legislative session. There’s a ton that still needs to be decided (including TakeAction priorities like the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, paid sick days, and more). Listen here.

2. Public Safety

Last week, the Brooklyn Center City Council and Mayor Mike Elliott passed a resolution that will overhaul the city’s approach to public safety. Change is possible. Listen to this broader conversation on MPR News about police reform.

3. PRO Act

Working women need the PRO Act. Learn more about this hugely important labor law moving through Congress.

4. Clean Energy

Electric airplane flights will be here before we know it. Read about zero emission flights.

5. Podcast

This podcast in The Atlantic discusses pandemic traumas – large and small – and what mental health experts are saying. Listen here.

6. Sacred Silliness

Laughter and silliness are freedom practices. You’ll love this piece in The Forge.

7. Early Ed

This is an excellent piece, a few years old, sent by a reader called Why are our most important teachers paid the least? Read it in the New York Times.

8. Summer Reading

On my list: We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice by adrienne maree brown. Let me know if you’ve read it. Check it out here.

9. UFOs

I’ve always marveled at the mysteries if the universe. Enjoy this piece in the New Yorker about how the Pentagon started to take UFOs seriously and if you like a good rabbit hole, watch this segment on 60 Minutes.

10. Full Moon Eclipse

There’s a super full blood moon eclipse on Wednesday. The moon is going to look magnificent. Here’s how to see the eclipse and if you’re into it, here’s what eclipses mean astrologically.
 

That’s a wrap. Have a great weekend.
- Kenza Hadj-Moussa