Please find below a roundup of this week’s free, public virtual events, as well as recent articles, media, and essays from PRH Speakers Bureau speakers.

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Media Spotlight

In the News
Our speakers provide clarity and shrewd analysis of today’s issues to help make sense of our current and future political and societal landscape.

• A COVID outbreak complicates Louisiana’s ability to deal with Hurricane Ida. | The New York Times: Dr. Sheri Fink reports that the preparations for Hurricane Ida are being complicated by Louisiana’s huge COVID wave.
• Pfizer and BioNTech say a third shot boosts antibodies against the virus. | The New York Times: Carl Zimmer states that the two companies will submit their data by the end of the week and ask the F.D.A. to approve a third shot.
• Marine veteran calls Afghanistan ‘complete collapse of American competence’ | ABC News: Elliot Ackerman speaks on the suicide attack in Kabul and ongoing efforts to help Afghan allies escape the country.
• New York’s Economy, Poised for Comeback, Finds Setback Instead | The New York Times: Eduardo Porter talks about how the Delta variant has upended events, office reopenings and travel, raising new challenges for service businesses and their workers.
• Why Californians should reject the Newsom recall | The Washington Post: Matt Bai is wary of the Newsom recall.

Books Connect Us
With their imaginative, impactful pieces of literature, our speakers provide incredibly valuable perspectives to be read by all.

• Meet A New Gotham Hero (And Her Dog) in Whistle Graphic Novel | Screenrant: E. Lockhart explores a more down-to-Earth version of the famously supercriminal-infested metropolis.
• Meet pizza salad, a family-friendly plate of tomatoes, mozzarella and marinated beans | The Washington Post: Jenny Rosenstrach shares a recipe from her book The Weekday Vegetarians, which is full of her ideas for eating meatless five days a week and then being free for carnivorous splurges on two.
• The top 10 most anticipated books this fall, according to Goodreads | Fortune: Colson Whitehead’s HARLEM SHUFFLE and Lauren Groff’s MATRIX are on this list.
• OXO Launches Chefs in Residence Program | Yahoo Finance: Kwame Onwuachi is one of the three chefs OXO partners with for this collaborative series  to bring more “better” to the home cook.
• Here’s When You Should Use a Semicolon | Reader’s Digest:  Benjamin Dreyer explains when to use a semicolon.