• The Dangers of Trump’s Never-Ending Campaign, New Republic

• The Most Brilliant Raised Bed We've Seen, Rodales
• Pennsylvania confirms first fracking-related earthquakes, State Impact
• Trump's Border Wall Will Have Severe Ecological Consequences, Alternet
• World's Oldest Wild Bird Has Baby at 66, NatGeo
• ‘Regretful Mothers’ Misunderstand Both Motherhood and Love, National Review
• ‘It's the breaking of a taboo’: the parents who regret having children, The Guardian
• The bitter taste of Madagascar vanilla, Al Jazeera
• Madagascar's vanilla farmers face volatile times after poor harvest, the guardian

• 40% of Wikipedia is under threat from deletionists, Boing Boing
• Why Does This One Couch From West Elm Suck So Much?, The Awl
• How Kate Middleton’s Wedding Gown Demonstrates Wikipedia’s Woman Problem, Slate
• Florence Nightingale: Of Myths and Maths, The New Inquiry
• Why are we still talking about the “naughty nurse”?, The New Inquiry
• U.S. Animal Abuse Records Deleted—What We Stand to Lose, National Geographic
• In 77 Chaotic Minutes, Trump Defends ‘Fine-Tuned Machine’, NY Times
• It Turns Out We Really Did Elect Donald Trump President of the United States, National Review
• Letters from Women Pleading for Abortion, Sent in 1917, Mirror Emails Sent Today, Broadly

• Remembering Nüshu, the 19th-Century Chinese Script Only Women Could Write, Atlas Obscura
• A Philly Guy Filled a Crack in the Street With Sprinkles, Atlas Obscura
• Why can 12-year-olds still get married in the United States?, Washington Post
• Pope Francis Says Native People Have Rights Over Their Lands, NBC News
•  What’s Killing America’s Black Infants?, The Nation
• Trump Signs Measure Blocking Obama-Era Rule to Protect Streams, Bloomberg

• Singer Santigold Puts Striking Bed Stuy Brownstone on Market for $1.95 Million, Brownstoner
  We'll no longer be seeing her husband walk his great dane by riding on his skateboard as the dog pulls him in the neighborhood! The house is fab
• Meet the New (Little) Guy in Santigold's Life, Hollywood Reporter
• The Story of Squats, Urban Omnibus

• These photos of rollerbladers show the true heart and soul of 1990s Williamsburg, Timeline
• Teen Vogue Dismisses Abortion Regret, national review
• A Ray of Hope for Mental Health, National Review
• Heed the Protests, National Review
• Oklahoma Lawmakers Want Men to Approve All Abortions, The Intercept
• What Beyoncé Won Was Bigger Than a Grammy, NY Times

• The New York Times Claws Its Way Into the Future, Wired
• Stephen Miller’s authoritarian declaration: Trump’s national security actions ‘will not be questioned’, Washington Post
• ACLU Announces Expansion Plan to Fight Trump Policies, ACLU
• Immigration ban reveals a nation divided, PBS Newshour
• A Brief History Of The Iconic Bungalows Of L.A., LAist
• Photos: The Charming Mid-Century Dingbats Of Los Angeles, LAist
• The Victorian-era Daguerrotypes of Women Breastfeeding, Hyperallergic
• Ecology and Japanese History: Reactionary Environmentalism’s Troubled Relationship with the Past, Asia-Pacific Journal
  (ok, I didn't quite read allllllll of it)
• The Meaning of Allahu Akbar, Hazlitt
• The new underground railroad, Macleans

• The People vs. America, Al Jazeera
• What do Trump voters think of his performance so far?, Al Jazeera
• More Americans joining socialist groups under Trump, Al Jazeera
• How the Democrats Can Stop Neil Gorsuch, Vanity Fair
• Trump Says There's 'No Reason' To Scale Back Asset Forfeiture; Threatens Career Of Senator Backing Forfeiture Reform, Tech Dirt
• America's youngest children most likely to live in poor economic conditions, EurekAlert
• Trump Has a Plan for the Next 9/11. Democrats Need One., New Republic
• Revealed: FBI terrorism taskforce investigating Standing Rock activists, The Guardian
• Trump considers writing ‘brand new’ immigration order, The Washington Post
• Trump Sides with the Sheriffs on Their Racket, National Review
• The Consequences of Trump’s Bungled Immigration Order, National Review

• Republicans Beg Their Party to Finally Do Something About Climate Change, New Republic
• When the black justice movement got too powerful, the FBI got scared and got ugly, Timeline
• A Home for Pattern and Play in Indianapolis, IN, Design Sponge
• Expectant moms may face more health issues if baby's a girl, Columbus Dispatch
• Designing Without Materials in Mind? You’re Doing It Wrong, eye on design
• Supreme Court Nominee Calls Trump’s Attacks on Judiciary ‘Demoralizing, NY Times
• California Farmers Backed Trump, but Now Fear Losing Field Workers, NY Times
• A Secret of Many Urban 20-Somethings: Their Parents Help With the Rent, NY Times
• Leaked Trump Presidential Memo Would Free U.S. Companies to Buy Conflict Minerals From Central African Warlords, The Intercept
• Defending President Trump Is Becoming More Difficult, National Reivew
• If Roe Is Ever Overturned, National Review
• For Sale: Grey Gardens, Atlas Obscura
• Grey Gardens Goes on the Market for Nearly $20 Million, WSJ

• Leaks Suggest Trump’s Own Team Is Alarmed By His Conduct, Huffington Post
• A visual chronicle of the shotgun shack, a truly American architectural icon, Timeline
• Seattle Just Divested Billions From Wells Fargo Over Dakota Access Pipeline, Yes Magazine
• Out of options, Vice
• Is this really how fascism takes hold in the US?, Al Jazeera
• Syria hanged 13,000 in Saydnaya prison: Amnesty, Al Jazeera
• Yakla residents speak of US raid that killed civilians, Al Jazeera
• Republicans Vote To Silence Sen. Elizabeth Warren In Confirmation Debate, NPR
• This Dictionary Keeps Subtweeting Trump And Here’s The Full Story, Buzzfeed
• The Mystery of the World's Least American Cactus, Atlas Obscura
• How the Anti-Vaxxers Are Winning, NY Times
• Nine Senate Democrats Say Gorsuch Deserves a Vote, National Review
  I certainly hope dems don't end up like reps throwing temperantrums when they don't get their way
• Let us Now Praise Homemakers, National Review
• Important Lessons in the Outrageous Response to Betsy DeVos, National Review
  I don't think the author here really understands the situation. The person at the head of the Dept of Edu should be knowledgeable about education - DeVos did not display that knowledge in her hearing. I also don't think the author is examining what happened to Detroit education when they implemented charter schools with little accountability.
• How Steven Heller Redefined the Design Industry, Magenta

• Why Men Get More Lint in Their Belly Buttons Than Women, Atlas Obscura
• Earthships, the Ultimate in Off-Grid Architecture, Atlas Obscura
• A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months, NY Times
• Steve Bannon Carries Battles to Another Influential Hub: The Vatican, NY Times
• Betsy DeVos Confirmed as Education Secretary; Pence Breaks Tie, NY Times
• Half of the Inhabitants of This Australian Opal Capital Live Underground, Smithsonian
• Melania Trump missed out on ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to make millions, lawsuit says, Washington Post
• Can the Left Win? A Q&A With Zephyr Teachout., The New Republic
• How Betsy DeVos could affect NYC schools–and how to #resist, Brooklyn Based

• How to Learn Geography With Your Hands, Atlas Obscura
• In the 1980s, This All-Girl Skateboard Gang Took Over The Streets Of LA, Bust

• Corner Store Owner Denies Family Ties. All Five Families., NY Times
• Dangerous levels of lead found in Bay Ridge Middle School’s drinking water, Brooklyn Paper
• New York City Bodegas Will Shut Down To Protest The Immigration Ban, Buzzfeed
• A Sip Of History: The Hidden Wine Cellars Under The Brooklyn Bridge, NPR
• US veterans group says Dakota Access pipeline 'will not get completed. Not on our watch', CNBC
• Exit Interview: I Was a Black, Female Thru-Hiker on the Appalachian Trail, Atlas Obscura
• This Southern program continued slavery long after the Civil War, Timeline

• This reversed imagery puts abortion restriction in perspective, Boing Boing
• Are Charter Schools Good or Bad for Black Students?, New Republic
• 10 Ways to Take on Trump, New Republic
• Tribes Find New Ways to Keep Pipelines—and Their Oil—Out of the Great Lakes , Yes Magazine
• Counting America's hidden homeless, Al Jazeera
• Pope Francis washes the feet of Muslim migrants, says we are ‘children of the same God’, Washington Post
• Attitudes on immigration ban, Reuters
• How Uber and Lyft responded to a taxi strike at JFK airport, Curbed
• White House Considers Deporting Legal Immigrants for Being Poor, NY Mag
• Liberal Lawyers Plan Wave of Resistance to Trump Policies, NY Times
• A leaked Trump order suggests he’s planning to deport more legal immigrants for using social services, Vox

And that's all for the news!

• What’s it Like Putting on a Show With a Sibling? Nick and Penelope Gazin Explain, Eye on Design

• Wells Fargo whistleblower site vanishes, NY Post
• Trump White House Appears To Kill Obama's Ethics Rule: Appointees May Not Be Signing Required Ethics Pledges, International Business Times
• Professor Smith Goes to Washington, The Atlantic
• Trump Strategist Stephen Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’, NY Times
• Does "Pro-Life" Mean "Pro-Refugee"?, Buzzfeed
• Fact Check: Was Planned Parenthood Started To 'Control' The Black Population?, NPR
• How False Narratives of Margaret Sanger Are Being Used to Shame Black Women, Rewire
• National Review’s Sad Surrender to Trump, New Republic
• US attorney general Sally Yates fired in Muslim ban row, Al Jazeera
• The Secret History of the LaCroix Label, Bon Appetit
• Republicans move to sell off 3.3m acres of national land, sparking rallies, The Guardian

• A Clarifying Moment in American History, The Atlantic

• Swoon, Letters to the Revolution
• How America’s rejection of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany haunts our refugee policy today, Vox
• The Lawyers Showed Up, Slate
• That time Paul Ryan gave a succinct, near-perfect response to Trump’s call to ban Muslims, The Washington Post

• Love and Black Lives, in Pictures Found on a Brooklyn Street, NY Times

• Yes, Betsy DeVos Deserves the Third Degree From Democrats, New Republic

There is no suspense here: DeVos’s nomination will be confirmed. She will be America’s secretary of education. But at least now Americans are better acquainted with her dangerous ideas for overhauling the country’s public education system, and can begin strategizing how to thwart her.

• Trump to Order Mexican Border Wall and Curtail Immigration, NY Times
• A Rogue National Park Is Tweeting Out Climate Change Facts in Defiance of Donald Trump, Time
• Here Are The Most- And Least-Trusted News Outlets In America, Business Insider
• Dutch government to set up international abortion fund, to counteract Donald Trump's aid ban, The Independent
• These 1950s Jersey Shore Motels Sure do look Lonely in the Off Season, Messy Nessy Chic
• Trump to seek 'major investigation' into voter fraud, Al Jazeera
• There used to be 4 billion American chestnut trees, but they all disappeared, Timeline
• Why Trump's Staff Is Lying, Bloomberg
• The first days inside Trump’s White House: Fury, tumult and a reboot, The Washington Post
• Moped: The World’s Most Analog Vehicle, WSJ
• Trump administration tells EPA to cut climate page from website: sources, Reuters
• How Would The Personhood Bill Affect IVF? It Hurts Couples Relying On Medical Intervention, Romper
• Carson approved to run HUD by Senate panel, including Elizabeth Warren, Boston Globe
• What happened when I took a “White Women Elected Trump” sign to the Women’s March, Vox

I don't know if I can read any more news today...

• Preparing for Baby: 6 Reasons to Skip the Crib, Montessori Rocks
• The floor bed, Montessori Unfiltered