What I read today Feb 5
- The Women Behind White Power, NY Times
- Nigel the Bird Found Dead Next to the Concrete Partner He Tried to Woo For Years, Gizmodo
- IGNORING THE SHELF WORK -- MONTESSORI YOUNG TODDLER WEEK 9, the kavanaugh report
- The past lives of a modest 1809 house in Tribeca, ephemeral new york
- JEN’S RICHMOND RENO: NEW (OLD) FIREPLACE MANTELS!, Jen Chu Design
- America’s Food Stamps Program Proves Trickle-Up Economics Works, HuffPost
- The Racial Equity Race to the Top on Cannabis in California, City Lab
- The Black Panther Party’s History of Urban Street Art, City Lab
- HUD May Push New Work Requirements for Public Housing Residents, City Lab
- Yes, the MLK Estate Did Approve That Trash Dodge Super Bowl Ad, The Root
Glad to know that we weren't the only ones with this opinion - America Will Not Stop Until Martin Luther King Jr. Is Completely Rebranded as a Slice of Avocado Toast , The Root
- FBI Prosecutes Its First ‘Black Identity Extremist’ and Hardly Anyone Is Talking About It, Atlanta Black Star
- [REPORT] Stress from Racism Linked to Maternal and Infant Mortality for Black Women, Colorlines
- Exploring African Americans’ High Maternal and Infant Death Rates, Center for American Progress
What I read today Feb 2
- “If Things Were Going Well, We Wouldn’t Be Here”: Artists Protest NYC’s Loft Board, hyperallergic
- Man Ray in LA: what happened when the pioneering artist hit Hollywood, The Guardian
- HAS INSTAGRAM COME FULL CIRCLE?, A beautiful mess
- How to Watch TV With Your Kids, The Cut
- This Is the Craziest Story About a Bachelor Contestant Ever, The Cut
- This Is the Most Boring Season of The Bachelor Ever, Vulture
- What Kids Are Really Learning About Slavery, The Atlantic
- Lid Chic, Print Mag
- Lella and Massimo Vignelli’s Home Seeks a Like-Minded Buyer, NY Times
- Can We Redesign the Way We Talk About Abortion? Meet the Women Behind 5 Very Powerful Design-led Projects, AIGA Eye on Design
What I read today Feb 1
- Dear Zuck (and Facebook Product Teams), Medium
- How to Design Social Systems (Without Causing Depression and War), Medium
- The Grammys Once Again Took the Sharpest Voices for Granted, The Slate
- Bookstore employee writes this on Facebook after “little old lady” shocks everyone at the register, Daily Headline
- Lower Manhattan’s celebrated 140 Broadway may get unwelcome ornament, Curbed
What I read today Jan 31
- 'Ideas are important, but execution wins out': Beyond the Brief featuring Eric Mayville, Wondersauce, The Drum
- Feminist bookstore Cafe con Libros sets up shop in Crown Heights, AM NY
- These Maps Reveal the Hidden Structures of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Books, Atlas Obscura
- The Grim History Hidden Under a Baltimore Parking Lot, Atlas Obscura
- The Eastern Cougar Is Officially Extinct, Atlas Obscura
- The Staggering Scope of the Plastic Threat to Coral Reefs, Atlas Obscura
- How America Fell in Love With Vodka, Atlas Obscura
- Around the World in 14,000 ‘Do Not Disturb’ Signs, Atlas Obscura
- How Photographers Captured the Incarceration of Japanese Americans During WWII, Atlas Obscura
What I read today Jan 26
- An Industrial Loft for Museum Directors & Avid Collectors, Design Sponge
- How the Kardashians Have Forced Us to 'Keep Up' for 10 Goddamn Years, Broadly
- Britney Spears' Las Vegas residency was the best thing she ever did for her career, Independent
- Subway Renovation Delay Isn’t Just a Bill vs. Andrew Thing, Village Voice
- LaToya Ruby Frazier Explores Community, Corrosion, and the Flint Water Crisis, Village Voice
- The Purge of New York, Jacobian
- What “demographic decline”? American women are having plenty of babies, Salon
- Walmart and Now Starbucks: Why More Big Companies Are Offering Paid Family Leave, NY Times
- Cecile Richards on Her Life After Planned Parenthood, NY Times
- Why Are Women Still Choosing the Lowest-Paying Jobs?, The Atlantic
- Degrading and Demeaning, Slate
- These kids started a book club for minority boys. It’s the most popular club in school., WashingtonPost
- Why We Forget Most of the Books We Read, The Atlantic
- Grandude? G-dawg? Nonny? Boomers Name Themselves, NY Times
- Exclusive: ICE is about to start tracking license plates across the US, The Verge
What I read today Jan 25
- How It Became Normal to Ignore Texts and Emails, The Atlantic
So guilty of this! I get a lot of anxiety when I forget to respond then put it off, making for even more anxiety! - Materials, man, Austin Kloen
- Shaken by Recent Decisions, Preservationists Say Landmarks Commission Is Not Doing Its Job, Brownstoner
- Is it safe to walk over New York’s sidewalk cellar doors?, Curbed
- In Conversation: Erykah Badu, Vulture
- Erykah Badu in controversial interview says: ‘I saw something good in Hitler’, Independent
- U.S. Schools Have Already Faced 11 Shooting Incidents This Year, HuffPost
What I read today Jan 23
- #InternationalMidwivesDay, gemstone gypsy
- Photos of San Francisco’s first mustachioed cycling fanatics put today’s bike hipsters to shame, Timeline
- Comic Series Shares ‘Scary’ Postpartum Thoughts Moms Have But Don’t Share, Scary Mommy
- Sorry, Virginia: Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Doesn’t Want to Hear You Wax Poetic About Confederate ‘Heroes’, The Root
- 5: THE INVESTIGATOR, Enneagram Type Five
Test - The Fungus That Could Patch Up Cracking Buildings, Atlas Obscura
- Why a Radical 1970s Science Group Is More Relevant Than Ever, Atlas Obscura
- An Anthropologist Explains Why We Want to Eat Tide Pods, Atlas Obscura
- Putting Ancient Recipes on the Plate, Atlas Obscura
- The Mystery of the Lost Roman Herb, BBC
What I read today Jan 22
- BABY PROOFING IN A MONTESSORI HOME, the kavanaugh report
- Monday used to be laundry day in New York City, ephemeral new york
- The Psychology of Boston's Snow Parking Wars, City Lab
- Could Congestion Pricing Finally Work for New York City?, city Lab
- Amazon Whittles Down List of HQ2 Contenders to 20 Finalists, City Lab
- The MLK Murals of America, City Lab
- How Gerrymandering Silenced North Carolina's Cities, City Lab
- Are Blacks Names ‘Weird,’ or Are You Just Racist?, Daily Beast
- We Don’t Only Need More Diverse Books. We Need More Diverse Books Like The Snowy Day., Slate
What I read today Jan 19
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Breaks Out Into Civil War Over Appalling MLK Day Editorial, Splinter
- Trump’s Plan to End ‘Chain Migration’ Is Neither Populist Nor Nationalist, NY Mag
- The Curious History of ‘Chain Migration’, WSJ
- What “chain migration” really means — and why Donald Trump hates it so much, Vox
- End Chain Migration, Numbers USA
- Why is chain migration so controversial?, The Economist
- Fox and Breitbart are helping Trump mainstream the term “chain migration,” a misleading nativist buzzword, Media Matters
- Explaining 'Chain Migration', NPR
- What is chain migration and why does Trump want it ended?, Fox News
- Trump’s “chain migration” obsession: The Nazis thought of it first, Salon
- It’s Time To End Chain Migration, White House
- The Fiscal and Economic Impact of Immigration on the United States, Center for Immigration Studies
- Exploring Our New Lows, “High Maintenance” Reaches New Heights, Village Voice
What I read today Jan 18
- Ashleigh Banfield Fired Back After The Writer Of That Aziz Ansari Piece Insulted Her In An Email, Buzzfeed
- Björk on creativity as an ongoing experiment, The Creative Independent
- The Black Woman’s Tale: Why Margaret Atwood’s Espousal of White Feminist Beliefs Shouldn’t Surprise You, the Root
- Am I a bad feminist?, The Globe and Mail
- ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: A White Feminist’s Dystopia, The Establishment
- Samantha Bee on #MeToo Backlash and Aziz Ansari: ‘It Doesn’t Have to Ruin Your Life to Be Worth Speaking Out About’, Vulture
What I read today Jan 16
- African nations issue extraordinary response to Trump’s racist comments, demand apology, Think Progress
- America's Schools Are 'Profoundly Unequal,' Says U.S. Civil Rights Commission, NPR
- When the easiest way to feel safe is offering help to others, PBS Newshour
- Stop 'Pandering To Ignorance And Fear': Consumers Speak Out Against Triscuit's Non-GMO Label, Forbes
- FBI–King suicide letter
- Mike Pence Turned Beet Red During MLK Service as Black Preacher Went Off About ‘Shithole’ Remarks, The Root
- Reason as racism: An immigration debate gets derailed, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- On Aziz Ansari And "Bad Sex", Bust
"I think the opposite of brave isn't scared. The opposite of brave is quiet." - ‘I regret having children’, Macleans
What I read today Jan 9
- Hero Props: Graphic Design in Film & Television, 99% Invisible
- A Tiny New York Town With Not One, But 5 Indie Bookstores, Atlas Obscura
- A NEW SILK ROAD, New Yorker
- Rescuing the Letterpress Art Made for Movie Ads, Atlas Obscura
- Amazon Is Thriving Thanks to Taxpayer Dollars, New Republic
- Photos: A 20th century nurse-midwife brought hospital birthing practices to rural areas — and saved lives, Timeline
What I read today Jan 8
- Millennial fathers are rejecting on-screen dad stereotypes , World Economic Forum
- Why Do Cartoon Villains Speak in Foreign Accents?, The Atlantic
- Most U.S. Babies Start Solid Foods Too Soon, Health Day
- Oprah Winfrey's Speech, Time's Up Solidarity Rule at 75th Golden Globes, Colorlines
- The Grandparenting Generation, New Republic
- The Rise of the Privilege Epiphany, New Republic
- 2017 Was the Year I Learned About My White Privilege, foreign policy
- ‘Check your privilege’ used to annoy me. Now I get it, The Guardian
- Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race, reni eddo-lodge
- All the “wellness” products Americans love to buy are sold on both Infowars and Goop, Quartz