Long Reads.

The Sunday Supplement, on Saturday!

Last weekend’s “Long Reads” proved to be popular with the News Items “base” (meaning you), so we thought we’d do it again this weekend (and next) to see if it’s something the “base” finds “of use.” Today’s list is a mix of the present and the past.

1. The Atlantic reports on “a group of epidemiologists, economists, and dreamers plotting a new strategy t…