What I read today Dec 27
When a Lynching Memorial Becomes a Photo Opportunity, Hyperallergic
Planners Looking 25 Years Ahead Say NYC’s Climate and Transit Crises are Increasingly Urgent, CIty Limits
Amazon HQ2 tax breaks scrutinized by city comptroller, Curbed
De Blasio administration lays out roadmap for legalized pot in NYC, Curbed
Syracuse cops push St. Joe’s to probe man’s rectum for drugs; ‘What country are we living in?’, Syracuse
115 Percent of Trump’s China Tariff Revenue Goes to Paying Off Angry Farmers, Council on Foreign relations
WE'VE GOT THE SCREEN TIME DEBATE ALL WRONG. LET'S FIX IT, Wired
Short-term rentals and the housing market: Quasi-experimental evidence from Airbnb in Los Angeles, Vox
Humanity as We Know It Will Be Defined by the Broiler Chicken, Atlas Obscura
Why Hungarians Make the World’s Most Beautiful Gingerbread, Atlas Obscura
When the Christmas Plant Was a Pepper, Not a Poinsettia, Atlas Obscura
What It Was Like Being a Contestant on a 2000s-Era Cosmetic Surgery Makeover Show, Broadly
When Women Have Fewer Rights Than a Fetus, Broadly
Student Targeted by ‘Troll Storm’ Hopes Settlement Will Send Message to White Supremacists, NY Times
What I read today Dec 26
Montessori or Non-tessori?, The Slate
Pittsburgh council balks over six-figure branding proposal, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
City needs more facts about branding, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Relentlessness of Modern Parenting, The NY Times
To Fight Gentrification, a Brooklyn Pastor Plans to Build 2,100 Apartments, NY Times
The Dakota Sioux Execution Was The Largest In U.S. History — But America Has Forgotten It, Bustle
Anne Brigman, a Pioneering Photographer of Nude Self-Portraits, Artsy
What I read today Dec 20
WATCH: Why helicopter parenting may jeopardize kids’ health, PBS Newshour
How Meghan Markle’s Birth Plans Are Breaking Royal Tradition, International Business Times
What I read today Dec 19
A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now Mandatory in Many States — so She Lost Her Job, The Intercept
How Thousand-Year-Old Trees Became the New Ivory, Smithsonian
A Chinese Artist’s Humanizing 19th-Century Portraits of Disfigured Patients, Atlas Obscura
Her Neighbor Hated Her Dragon Nativity Scene. So She Got More Dragons., city lab
Scenes From an American Tragedy: The Texas Border Crisis, Rolling Stone
A Lactation Consultant's Perspective on Placenta Encapsulation, happy goat productions
What I read today Dec 18
THE ABILITY TO FEEL EMPATHY IS SHAPED BY OUR GENES, AND EMPATHY IS PRETTY FUCKING IMPORTANT., Wear Your Voice Mag
Dear White Women, Try On Our Struggle Instead of Our Looks, Yes! magazine
Some White Influencers Are Being Accused of "Blackfishing," or Using Makeup to Appear Black, Teen Vogue
Indoor Plumbing Arrived in the U.S. in the 1840s. This Town Got Tired of Waiting, Yes! Magazine
Get to Know the Woman behind these Real-Life Wes Anderson Interiors, Messy Nessy Chic
Backstage with the Real “Almost Famous” Queen of Groupies, Messy Nessy Chic
Cuomo Moves to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in New York Within Months, NY TImes
What I read today Dec 17
A LOOK AT BEDTIME - PRESCHOOLERS AND ELEMENTARY, the kavanaugh report
Kids across the US are eating fewer whole grains and more sugary milk in school lunches. See how federal rules have changed for the worse., Business Insider
The Octomom Has Proved Us All Wrong, NY Times
Video of police ripping a black child from his mom has sparked debate over NYPD practices, Vox
Americans Are Weirdly Obsessed With Paper Towels, The Atlantic
She Strived to Be the Perfect Mom and Landed in the Psych Ward, KQED
How Millennial Parents Are Reinventing the Cherished Family Photo Album, The Atlantic
A 9-year-old’s family says she committed suicide after racist bullying, including taunts of ‘kill yourself’, Washington Post
These Colorful Piñatas Bring Medieval Monsters to Life, Atlas Obscura
Five Siblings Run the U.S.’s Only Baijiu Distillery in Their Mom’s Backyard, Atlas Obscura
A Bittersweet Ending for a Japanese Train Station and Its Lone Passenger, City Lab
Members of Congress Can't Use Tax Dollars for Harassment Settlements Anymore, Broadly
Ohio Lawmakers Just Passed One of the Most Restrictive Abortion Bills in the Country, Mother JOnes
The Misogynist History Of Natural Birth, The Establishment
Is It Ethical to Post Pictures of Your Kids on Instagram?, The New Republic
Was the missionary killed on a remote island trying to end the world?, The Outline
'Going To Office Hours Is Terrifying' And Other Tales Of Rural Students In College, NPR
The Legendary Language of the Appalachian “Holler”, JSTOR Daily
Liberal Blind Spots Are Hiding the Truth About ‘Trump Country’, NYTimes
The Asylum That Gave Lou Reed Electroshock Therapy Is Also an Unforgettable Art Museum, Atlas Obscura
What I read today Nov 14
The Boy Scouts of America may file for bankruptcy because of sex abuse suits, NBC News
Researchers create first sensor package that can ride aboard bees, UW News
The Jim Hightower Column They Don’t Want You to Read, Texas Observer
Comcast rejected by small town—residents vote for municipal fiber instead, ars technica
Banksy’s Own Video Shredded By YouTube Following Canal+ Copyright Claim (Update), torrent freak
Get Ready For Your Close-Up, Rolling Stone
In Its First Decades, The United States Nurtured Schoolgirl Mapmakers, Atlas Obscura
10 Amazing Foods From Gastro Obscura’s First Year, Atlas Obscura
A Tale of Two Births: High- and Low-Performing Hospitals on Maternity Measures in California, California Health Care Foundation
What I read today Dec 10
The most important lessons from the emotionally charged breastfeeding debate, Quartz
Why Are Gender Reveal Parties a Thing?, NY Times
Smithsonian to Open Its First-Ever Gallery Devoted to Latinx Experiences, Receives $10M Donation, Hyperallergic
Activists Protest at Whitney Museum, Demanding Vice Chairman and Owner of Tear Gas Manufacturer “Must Go”, Hyperallergic
Why Are Even “Feminist” Book Cover Designs Still So Sexist?, AIGA Eye on Design
Don’t worry, be angry: how politics and creativity collided in 2018, It’s Nice That
Folding as Craft Tech, Kelli Anderson
Ladybugs Pack Wings and Engineering Secrets in Tidy Origami Packages, NY Times
It’s the End of News As We Know It (and Facebook Is Feeling Fine), Mother Jones
Doctors Aren’t Sure How This Even Came Out of a Patient, The Atlantic
What I read today Dec 6
Closing New York’s Penal Colony, Design Observer
More Designers and Illustrators Than Ever Are Saying, “Oh My God, Maybe I’m a Socialist.”, Eye on Design
The Simple Joy of “No Phones Allowed”, raptitude
#KEITHJACKSONMATTERS: The Kid That Sold Crack To The President, POINTS: THE BLOG OF THE ALCOHOL & DRUGS HISTORY SOCIETY
New Public Spaces Are Supposed to Be for All. The Reality Is More Complicated., NY Times
Unraveling the Mysteries of Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother’, NY Times
How artist Sandy Rodriguez tells today's fraught immigration story with pre-Columbian painting tools, LA Times
In Dallas, Ida O’Keeffe Could Finally Escape Georgia’s Shadow, Texas Monthly
Graphic Advocacy Project
FASCINATING and amazing
What I read today Dec 3
A mother and her girls tried to reach the US border. Then they got tear-gassed, CNN
REAL STORIES FROM THE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN TRAVELING ON THE CARAVAN, Elle
Number Of U.S. Kids Who Don't Have Health Insurance Is On The Rise, NPR
Why New York Lags So Far Behind on Natural Childbirth, NY Times
The Over-celebration of Life Events, The Atlantic
ALL OF THIS MAKES ME ANXIOUS. Can nothing be private anymore?48 of the Coolest Kids in New York, NY Times Magazine
Mother sues US for $60 million after toddler detained at immigration facility later died, CNN
Steph Curry responds to 9-year-old’s letter asking why his shoes aren’t made for girls, Motherly
A Plea to Protect the Strand , vanishing new york
33, Married, & Ready For A Baby: I Am The Face Of Late-Term Abortion, Refinery 29
Historic homes 101: What exactly is a ‘summer kitchen’?, Curbed
What I read today Nov 30
White People Are Noticing Something New: Their Own Whiteness, NY Times Magazine
What is white culture, exactly? Here's what the stats say, The Guardian
Beloved Lower Manhattan Sculpture Garden Defends Itself as City Demands Total Removal, Hyperallergic
The Case for Black With a Capital B, NY Times
Black Athena, White Power, Medium
Pseudoarchaeology and the Racism Behind Ancient Aliens, Hyperallergic
A Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt’s Great Pyramid, Scientific American
White Settlers Buried the Truth About the Midwest’s Mysterious Mound Cities, Smithsonian