Recommended Reading (12/20/24)

In Lebanon, residents fear Hezbollah could be hiding among people displaced by war (NPR)

This is bad! Under pressure from some conservative activists, Sununu pulls state librarian nominee (NHPR)

It's something, I guess: 13 states will have women governors next year, a new record (NPR)

For Xi Jinping, Religion Is Power (The Atlantic)

50 jobs, 30 years: The unseen labour of an Indian female worker (BBC)

Musket balls from first major battle of revolutionary war found near Boston (The Guardian)

Nick Harkaway on Growing Up with Smiley and Carrying on His Father’s Legacy with a new le Carré Novel (CrimeReads)

What the Heck Is Seaweed Mining? (Hakai)

Are We Living Through a Bagel Renaissance? (The New Yorker)

These Tiny Worms Account for at Least 4 Nobel Prizes (NYT)

Bringing Back Batting Average (Baseball Prospectus)

Japanese Green Tea Once Fueled the Midwest (Atlas Obscura)