Race, gender, and politics may split Southern Baptists

America’s largest Protestant denomination may be about to split over race, gender, and political issues. The New Yorker reports on how this week’s meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention could mark a turning point. The problem of homelessness has intensified during the pandemic. The Washington Post talks to residents of an encampment on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. Tornadoes are deadly and cause billions of dollars in damage every year. Vox explains why science is so bad at predicting them and what’s being done to improve forecasts. The Atlantic's deputy managing editor investigates an apple that mysteriously survived for more than a year on a colleague’s desk in their locked-down office. (And she ate some of it too.)