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11 of Our Best Weekend Reads
Welcome to the weekend. Seems like a perfect one for a leisurely breakfast or a visit to a great coffee shop. After, there will be errands and laundry to be done. But first, enjoy some great journalism.
Cleaning toilets, following rules: A migrant child’s days in detention
A portrait of life in the shelters for the children detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. National
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Shonda Rhimes describes her grand Netflix ambitions
The star producer reveals the eight shows she plans to make for the streaming service, which wooed her away from ABC with a nine-figure deal. Business
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George Soros bet big on liberal democracy. Now he fears he is losing.
His enemies paint him as all-powerful, but the billionaire philanthropist believes that his political legacy has never been in greater jeopardy. Magazine
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Fictional police brutality, real emotional toll
When movies and shows, from “Blindspotting” to “Detroit,” wrestle with the emotional toll of violence against black people, their creators’ intentions matter. Arts & Leisure
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You want this tattoo? Get in line.
Keith McCurdy, the owner of Bang Bang, has transformed the body-art industry with his diverse hiring and high prices. Of course there’s a wait list. Style
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It’s 4 a.m. The baby’s coming. But the hospital is 100 miles away.
After years of cost-cutting and closures, fewer than half of the nation’s rural counties now have a hospital that offers any obstetric care, researchers say. National
[Also read: “Doctors and Health Workers Reflect on Rural America’s Limited Access to Care.” Reader Center]
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Maggie Haberman: Why I needed to pull back from Twitter
The viciousness, toxic partisan anger and intellectual dishonesty are at all-time highs. Sunday Review
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Remembering an era before Roe, when New York had the “most liberal” abortion law
In 1970, before Roe v. Wade established a constitutional right to abortion, New York became a magnet for women seeking to terminate their pregnancies legally. Express
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The neutrino trappers
Deep in a mountain in southern Russia, scientists are tracking one of the universe’s most elusive particles. Science
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Climate change is killing the cedars of Lebanon
The ancient cedars of Lebanon have outlived empires and survived modern wars. Clinging to shrinking patches of territory, these trees stand for Lebanon’s resilience. Now, global warming could finish them off. Climate
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Leaving New York to find the American dream in Philadelphia
Philadelphia is well known as a destination for hipsters priced out of New York City. But it is increasingly appealing to foreign-born New Yorkers as well. New York
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