What I read today March 7
- West Virginia Raises Teachers’ Pay to End Statewide Strike, NY Times
- The Rediscovery of 5 ‘Extinct’ Types of Heritage Apple, Atlas Obscura
- The Real Reason the Investor Class Hates Pensions, NY Times
- A French graphic designer faces an uphill battle to prove Disney copied his work, Quartz
- Secret NYPD Files: Officers Can Lie And Brutally Beat People — And Still Keep Their Jobs, Buzzfeed news
- ‘Decolonizing’ Roller Derby? Team Indigenous Takes Up the Challenge, NY Times
- Her Tiny Apartment is New York’s Most Secret Jazz Club, Messy Nessy Chic
- About New York; Sweet Sounds Ease the Pain, Then and Now, NY Times
- Architects discuss the future of the NYPL’s soon-to-be-transformed Mid-Manhattan branch, Curbed
- ‘The Bachelor’ tries to do damage control after disastrous finale, but only makes things worse, Washington Post
- The Death and Life of a Great American Building, NY Review of Books
Such a lovely ode to an old building
What I read today March 6
- 202 CITY-OWNED LOTS SOLD TO HOUSING DEVELOPERS FOR $1 EACH SINCE 2014, MAPPED AT ONEDOLLARLOTS.ORG, 596 Acres
- The future of Israel’s “dreamers”, Washington Post
- Decolonizing Birth: Women Take Back Their Power as Life-Givers, Yes Magazine
- Destination POV, Document
- 'Mega-colonies' of 1.5 million penguins discovered in Antarctica, The Guardian
- The Struggle of Keeping a Roadside Attraction Alive, Atlas Obscura
- Two Very Different Kinds of Illustration, Subtraction
What I read today March 5
- 'Lady Bird' Was Influenced by 'Real Women Have Curves' and No One Outside the Latinx Community Is Acknowledging It, Marie Claire
- The Power of Grief-Fueled Activism, The Atlantic
- When Is a Child Instagram-Ready?, NY Times
- I’m Days Away From Giving Birth and Terrified, Man Repeller
- The Cruel Ploy of Taking Immigrant Kids From Their Parents, NY Times
- LIVING IN LIMBO, The Globe and Mail
- 60 Wild Coyotes Patrol Chicago (And Occasionally Stop At Convenience Stores), NPR
- Alone with Her Bike, the First Females to Ride Around the World, Messy Nessy Chic
- Here’s How Much Money Green Design Could Save Cities, next City
Oh hey, I'm in this pic
What I read today March 2
- Why Paper Jams Persist, The New Yorker
- I Spent Two Years Trying to Fix the Gender Imbalance in My Stories, The Atlantic
- Beauty Brands Struggle With The Diverse Opinions That Come With Diverse Faces, NPR
- Here’s why Lego is swapping plastic for plants, Fast Co
- Why Design Thinking is bullshit, It's Nice That
- Stamps of a Revolution: Ali Mobasser’s Iranian stamp collection and incredible family story, It's Nice THat
- Celebrating The Art Form Of African Hair Threading, Refinery 29
- Quilts as Tools for Resistance, hyperallergic
- Weekend Heller: MoMA Acquires Typographic Op-Eds, PrintMag
- The Secret, Subversive + Revolutionary Language of the East African Kanga, AIGA Eye on Design
- Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument, Emails Show, NYTimes
What I read today March 1
“Where some people have a self, most people have a void, because they are too busy in wasting their vital creative energy to project themselves as this or that, dedicating their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like rather than actualizing their potentiality as a human being.” - Bruce Lee
- Bruce Lee’s Never Before Revealed Letters to Himself About Authenticity, Personal Development, and the Measure of Success, Brain Pickings
- I Know Why Black Women Are Wary of Reproductive Activism, Yes Magazine
- No Sign of Newborn North Atlantic Whales This Breeding Season, NY Times
- RESPECTING CHILDREN IN PUBLIC PLACES, the kavanaugh report
- Food Storage as Grandma Knew It, NY Times
What I read today Feb 27
- A Larger Role for Midwives Could Improve Deficient U.S. Care for Mothers and Babies, ProPublica
- Parkland Student Emma González Opens Up About Her Fight for Gun Control, Bazaar
- Are There Better L-Train Shutdown Solutions? City Didn’t Study Them, Village voice
- Born to Be Wild: Sleigh Bells’ Alexis Krauss Fights for Our Land, Village VOice
- The Death of a Skyscraper, ny mAG
- Worst Roommate Ever, NY Mag
- White Settlers Buried the Truth About the Midwest’s Mysterious Mound Cities, Smithsonian
- Magnificent Obsession, T Magazine
What I read today Feb 23
- Anni Albers’s Thoughts on Textiles Loom Large, hyperallergic
- Art’s Gender Divide in 19th-Century Paris, hyperallergic
- The Story Behind This Year’s Winter Olympics Medal Design, hyperallergic
- A New York Walking Tour Uncovers Hidden Histories of Slavery and Struggle, hyperallergic
- Exclusive: Laser Scans Reveal Maya "Megalopolis" Below Guatemalan Jungle, Nat Geo
- Everything I’ve Learned About Gun Control aka “Holy Shit, Stop Trying to Ban Assault Weapons”, Medium
- Tracing Your Roots: My Confederate Ancestor Is on Monuments; Who Did He Own?, The Root
- Armed Sheriff’s Deputy Who Never Confronted Gunman During Parkland, Fla., Shooting Thinks ‘He Did a Good Job’ , The Root
- What It's Like to Rebound as a Young, Homeless Mother, Vice
- Are Babies Able to See What Others Feel?, WSJ
- GOTHAMIST LIVES, THANKS TO A BOOST FROM PUBLIC RADIO, Wired
What I read today Feb 22
- OUR BAKING ESSENTIALS, the kavanaugh report
- Who Gets Left Out of the Advice to ‘Make Your Own Happiness’, The Cut
- How Conversation Dinners revolutionize the ways we communicate, Medium
- Tim Minchin: These 9 Life Lessons will Make you Laugh – and Learn, Goalcast
- The life and death of Willets Point, Curbed
- How Watermelons Became a Racist Trope, The Atlantic
- Florida Teachers’ Pension Fund Invested in Maker of School Massacre Gun, Bloomberg
- Trump Suggests Bonuses for Gun-Trained Teachers, Praises the NRA, Bloomberg
- Historic Aircrafts Are Restored by Volunteers at NYC’s Floyd Bennett Field, Untapped Cities
- City to Bushwick: Displacement Not Our Problem, Village Voice
What I read today Feb 20
- THE (REALLY, REALLY) RACIST HISTORY OF GUN CONTROL IN AMERICA, MTV
- The Kids Are Not Alright, Village Voice
- Conservatives Attack “Black Panther” — But, When It Hits, Declare It Conservative, Village Voice
- You Have Millennials to Thank for All the Responsibly Sourced Decor in Your House, Clever
- Improvised Feminism: 11-Year-Old’s Barbie Reconstruction Obliterates Stereotypes, Improvised Life
What I read today Feb 15
- FIRST ART TRAY - MONTESSORI YOUNG TODDLER WEEK 11, the kavanaugh report
- LIFE AFTER VINE, The Outline
- A Portrait of the Bed Stuy Block Where Spike Lee’s ‘Do the Right Thing’ Was Filmed, Brownstoner
- Governors Island is gearing up to rezone for new development, Curbed
- Death Toll Is at 17 and Could Rise in Shooting, NY Times
- In Her Own Words: Lena Dunham on Her Decision to Have a Hysterectomy at 31, Vogue
- PLEASE DON’T GET MURDERED AT SCHOOL TODAY, McSweeney's
What I read today Feb 13
- NY Cake VANISHING/MOVING, vanishing new york
- New Children's Book Shatters Monolithic Depictions of Motherhood, Colorlines
What I read today Feb 9
- Quincy Jones Has a Story About That, GQ
- 'Pillar of the community' deported from US after 39 years to a land he barely knows, CNN
- L.L. Bean Scraps Legendary Lifetime Return Policy, NPR
- MOM TALK: I LOVE MY KIDS, BUT SOMETIMES I DON’T LIKE THEM, Mother Mag
- Traditional Chinese Pastry Isn’t Baked–So What’s Up With Chinatown “Bakeries”?, Four Pounds Flour
Fascinating - New York City Has Passed Its First-Ever Urban Agriculture Policy Bill, Edible Manhattan
What I read today Feb 8
- The Pursuit of Emptiness by John Perry Barlow
- John Perry Barlow’s “Principles of Adult Behavior”, Carsten Knoch
- Buy a co-op at a discount: All about HDFCs and how to snag one, Brick Underground
- In Conversation: Quincy Jones, Vulture
What I read today Feb 6
- No Children Because of Climate Change? Some People Are Considering It, NYTimes
- Medical marijuana bill passes Virginia Senate 40-0, News Leader
- Race, not abortion, was the founding issue of the religious right, Boston Globe
- Court allows Pennsylvania to redraw GOP-favored district map, AP
- North Carolina’s Legislative Coup Shows What Voter Suppression Will Look Like Under Trump, The Nation
- Colleen Coyle Mathis, Ousted Arizona Redistricting Chair, Out Of Office Pending Nov. 17 Hearing, HuffPo
- How Ethiopia’s New Railway Could Launch an Inclusive Urban Boom, Next City
- Why America Is Stuck With Only Two Parties, New Republic