5 things we’re reading
Welcome to the latest installment of a new weekly series where we point you to what we’ve found fascinating, amazing, entertaining, and interesting all for your reading (or listening) enjoyment.
A former NFL player explains how drugs kept him in the league: Former offensive lineman Eben Britton explains how he needed prescription and recreational drugs to cope the emotional and physical pain of the NFL. [SI] –Henry McKenna
Donald Trump is a liar: When it comes to telling the truth, Donald Trump couldn’t care less, according The Boston Globe’s Michael Cohen. But, as Cohen points out, Trump is not an anomaly in his party: The rhetoric of the GOP has been veering farther and farther away from fact in recent years. The Donald is merely the most bombastic and recent offender. [The Boston Globe] –Charlotte Wilder
Ann Romney loves Mitt not running for president: The might-have-been first lady is out with a new memoir. Romney opened up about just how psyched she is that her husband Mitt isn’t running this time around, her battle with multiple sclerosis, and what it’s like to go through the process of examining your own life. [Boston Magazine] –Hilary Sargent
Reflecting on race: For the latest installment of The New York Times Op-Doc video series “Conversation on Race,’’ black women shared their experiences with discrimination from childhood to adulthood. [New York Times] –Dialynn Dwyer
Remembering Boston’s Planned Parenthood massacre: The mass shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood reverberated across the country. That was especially true in Massachusetts, where gunman John Salvi killed two people in a Brookline Planned Parenthood. Liam Lowney, the brother of one of those murdered in Brookline, wrote a powerful op-ed in The Boston Globe examining the quick action Massachusetts took in the wake of the Brookline killings, compared to the inaction the nation has taken after scores of mass killings. [The Boston Globe] –Roberto Scalese
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