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This is Your Week. Climate change hits home – literally.


Drugmakers are seeking emergency use authorization for an antiviral pill used to treat adult cases of COVID-19. Southwest is apologizing for hundreds of flights canceled this weekend and Monday. And today is Indigenous Peoples' Day, which honors Native American history and culture.

Welcome to Your Week, a Monday newsletter for subscribers that highlights the can't-miss journalism unlocked by your subscription to Paste BN.

Spotlight on housing and climate: Are you ready?

Weather-related disasters, fueled by climate change, have increased fivefold in the past 50 years, according to a recent report by the World Meteorological Organization. While standard homeowners’ policies cover a range of disasters, from tornadoes to lightning strikes to winter storm damage, they do not cover floods, earthquakes, maintenance damage and sewer backup, experts say. Paste BN housing and economy reporter Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy talks to people whose lives have been affected – and shares advice from experts for how to handle such a situation.

More on climate:

A selection of the week's biggest headlines

Dive even deeper: Three must-reads

TRACING FAMILY HISTORIES | More than 3.5 million records and documents from the Freedman's Bureau have been digitized by Ancestry.com, leading many Black people to make findings on the website they say would've taken them years, or maybe never. The site includes details such as labor contracts, bank records, marriage licenses, schools, and food and clothing for emancipated Black people.

THE 'SQUID GAME' OBSESSION | All over the world, people can't stop talking about "Squid Game," Netflix's brutal, disturbing horror series. But what does it say about our society when everyone's enamored by a show filled with blood-soaked murders, psychological cruelties and ruthless death games?

CHILD CARE WORKER CRISIS | Historic, pandemic-fueled worker shortages are constraining virtually all industries but child care has been hit harder than most. The sector laid off or furloughed 373,000 employees, or 36% of its workforce, as day care centers closed in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Labor Department figures show. About 70% of those jobs have come back, meaning child care is still missing 109,000 workers. What's to be done?

Time to get away?

Herds of wild horses. Stargazing and the Milky Way. From Virginia to Alabama to Minnesota (pictured below), skip the crowds at national parks and consider exploring these stunning state parks.

Thanks for reading, and for subscribing. Until next week – Lindsay