Highlights

A potent combination of sex, booze, and lies finally turned the British prime minister’s narcissism, contempt for truth, and blatant disregard for convention from personality traits into political liabilities. By Gary Younge for The Nation.

Made with all-renewable materials, this violin from 1721 reflects a time of magnificent culture – a global gathering from before the climate crisis. By Rebecca Solnit for The Guardian.

A patchwork of regulations is out of sync with the urgency of the climate crisis, experts say. This story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations, where Aaron Cantú is a reporting fellow.

You can take away a right through legal means, but it is harder to take away the belief in that right. The uproar over the court’s hideous abortion decision is a reminder of how unpopular it is. By Rebecca Solnit for The Guardian.

A personal essay that traces the complicated legacy of conscious rap, from the era’s turn-of-the-century heyday to new albums by Kendrick Lamar and Black Star. By Mychal Denzel Smith for Pitchfork.

In Dirty Work, Eyal Press offers a paradigm-shifting view of the moral landscape of contemporary America through the stories of people who perform society’s most ethically troubling jobs. His subjects include prison guards, slaughterhouse attendants, oil and gas workers, and drone operators who kill from behind desks.

For “51 Years Behind Bars,” a new documentary from Al Jazeera English’s “Fault Lines,” correspondent Josie Duffy Rice and producer Jeremy Young interviewed Nance and other people connected to his case to learn more about the consequences of his lengthy sentence. By Josie Duffy Rice for The Takeaway.