Amazon is destroying millions of unsold goods, from smart TVs to laptops

Last summer, when the nation was experiencing existential crises on multiple fronts, writer Joe Berkowitz suggested that we should cancel the Fourth of July. This year, things are different. Over 67 percent of U.S. adults are at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19, and scientists no longer have to play the part of Holiday Fun Police.

Yet, there's still bad news all around us: Buildings are collapsing. Heat waves are breaking records in unlikely places, and the delta variant keeps threatening to erase much of our hard-earned progress against COVID-19. As Berkowitz says, "it’s easy to look at all that we’re up against and feel hope fizzle out like a dud bottle rocket."

But this year, after all that we've been through, perhaps it's time for a little hope. As Berkowitz writes,"It takes work to root for America when you take a clear-eyed view of the country’s myriad flaws and the challenges we’re up against, but at this point, the only other options are denialism or nihilism." So let's all take a long weekend to rest, relax, and dream of what our country can become. Read More.

—Kate Davis

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