This year is tracking to be the most deadly for police shootings in a decade. The previous record was set last year. / The Economist
“The moment of glamour seemed worth it.” Kurt Andersen says RFK Jr. was his cocaine dealer at Harvard. / The Atlantic
Unrelated: Who is Kick Kennedy, reportedly Ben Affleck's new friend? / The Cut
Nearly half of American guys 18 to 29 say there is some or a lot of discrimination against men in society. / The New York Times [+]
About a third of women of reproductive age in the United States may not be getting enough iron. / Undark
Long Covid has pushed around one million Americans out of the labor force. / The Wall Street Journal [+]
See also: The government says that by the end of September people will be able to order up to four free Covid tests. / Goats and Soda
Restaurants and warehouses are outfitting workers this summer with ice vests. / The Wall Street Journal [+]
“Biocrusts” are communities of “tiny, dirt-dwelling organisms that form a distinct crust on the top of soil in arid landscapes.” / Knowable Magazine
The rate of global sea level rise is now the fastest it has been in 3,000 years. / Politico
Related: “The Climate Is Changing Faster Than Culture Can Cope.” / Noema
Some comments from artist Ralph Steadman about comics, drawing, and what a jerk Hunter Thompson was. / Rolling Stone
Remembering when Nazis opened a bookstore in Los Angeles in 1933. / Lithub
In literature, what endures seems to have minimal correlation to contemporaneous popularity or contemporaneous acclaim. / Counter Craft
Psychoanalyst Jameison Webster says a new book about Sigmund Freud's thoughts on Woodrow Wilson “shook her” for its contemporaneity. / The Los Angeles Review of Books
Related, from last summer: “I Don't Need to Be a 'Good Person.' Neither Do You.” / The New York Times [+]
“The kids get to decide when it's over.” Charlie XCX says she wouldn't mind if “brat summer” became “brat fall.” / New York Magazine