Whose future is it?
WEEKEND READS for November 22, 2025
Happy Saturday, Ink readers!
This week closed on a surprising note — instead of the expected showdown, we saw a cordial, optimistic Oval Office conversation between New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump. Was it a display of overwhelming rizz from Mamdani? A tactical move from Trump after 86 House Democrats joined Republicans to “denounce the horrors of socialism”? A promising negotiation based on a Queens populist connection? We’ll keep a close eye on what develops over the coming days.
But first, as we do every Saturday, we invite you to read along with us. Below, you’ll find some of the most interesting writing and thinking we’ve come across as we’ve researched this week, collected for our supporting subscribers. Welcome to today’s edition of Weekend Reads.
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Become the hunter
There, hunting ducks on the land of the Oglala Lakota, I allowed myself to accept that this world would end, but that I could adapt to it, and build a world where I could survive, where the generations after me could survive. At 27 years old, I knew I had to return to the land, to root my work in the earth and refuse to move. If I did this, I knew I would be released from my fear. [The Bitter Southerner]