Your weekend long reads 🗞️

Good morning, friends of The Short List! It's John, here with your weekly delivery of long reads.

In reviewing this week's news, we couldn't help but notice the great work by the USA TODAY graphics team. These four pieces, each of which generated strong readership, used data to add richness and impact to the storytelling. We hope you'll fill up your coffee mug and settle in with these:

• Census results: How shifting House seats could affect the 2022 midterm elections
• The words Americans used after Chauvin verdict reveal our political divide
• Biden's first 100 days: 15 key dates that could define Biden's legacy
• Vaccine rollout: When will everyone be vaccinated for COVID-19?

Final thought: If you got the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, here's why you really should follow through and get that second dose. Have a great weekend, and check out the rest of the long reads below!