World update: July 20 2020

Stories from Egypt, Pakistan, Ivory Coast, and more

I’d like to dedicate tonight’s newsletter to Michael Brooks, the brilliant, funny, and talented host of his own show and co-host of The Majority Report. I am terribly saddened to say that Michael died suddenly on Monday. He was one of the hardest working, most dedicated people I’ve ever seen, as a writer and a broadcaster, and he will be sorely missed b…