What I read today Aug 2

• A Repeat Performance, the East Village antiques store that collected 38 years of New Yorkers’ stories, Document Journal

• ENGAGING WITH BLACK PREGNANCY OUTSIDE OF HIGH CHILDBIRTH MORTALITY RATES, Wear Your Voice

• Why your Instagram feed is full of wooden baby toys, Mashable

• The Whiter, Richer School District Right Next Door, The Atlantic

• Why Kids Invent Imaginary Friends, The Atlantic

• Father Tries to Grasp How He Could Have Left Twins to Die in Hot Car, NY Times

• Candy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards, The Atlantic

• Dan Gerdeman keeps the conversation going, Columbus Alive

• Dildon’t Disrespect Black Femmes: Our Personal Experiences With Wild Flower Sex Shop, Medium

• Letters of the Damned: Exorcising the Curse of the Petrified Forest, Collectors Weekly

What I read today Aug 1

• How A Bed-Stuy Apartment Turned Into A Renter's Nightmare Involving Fraud, Eviction And A Connection To Trump, Gothamist

• I’m an Obstetrician. Giving Birth at Home Isn’t Irresponsible., NY Times

• Handcrafted: Inside Brooklyn’s Best Tailors, NY Times

• Judge Stops UWS Residents' Attempt To Block Bike Lane As DOT Begins Work, Gothamist

• Dying Gasp of One Local Newspaper, NY Times

What I read today July 31

• The Trouble With Amber Teething Necklaces, NY Times

• Ronald Reagan’s Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon, The Atlantic

• Herbal Mountain Medicine: The Healing Remedies of Tommie Bass, The Southern Herbalist

• Trump Administration Poised To Relax Trucking Safety Rules Despite Warnings, NPR

What I read today July 30

• How Men’s Bodies Change When they Become Fathers, NY Times

• So Long, Swiping. The ‘Tap-and-Go’ Subway Is Here., NY Times

• The Golden Girls Would Violate Zoning Laws, NY Times

• Miners Kill Indigenous Leader in Brazil During Invasion of Protected Land, NY Times

• The Conservative Argument Over Paid Family Leave, The Atlantic

• Denied student loan forgiveness, this NYC art teacher with $88,000 in debt has joined a suit against Betsy DeVos, Chalkbeat

• What It Means to Be a Bad Mom, The Atlantic

• What Happens When Parents Wait to Tell a Child He’s Adopted, The Atlantic

• Jarreau, LA – $3,850,000

  • MAISON CHENAL AND LACOUR HOUSE: REAL ESTATE & COLLECTIONS

  • Authentic Restoration of a Creole Cottage, Old House

What I read today July 23

• New federally funded clinics emphasize abstinence, natural family planning, Washington Post

What I read today July 19

• WATCH: Beyoncé – SPIRIT from Disney’s The Lion King (Official Video)

• WATCH: Protesters shut down ICE headquarters in DC, Reuters

• 'It’s a joke. We can’t go on like this': fourth block of units abandoned in Sydney, Sydney Morning Herald

• Bushwick Food Coop Needs Help After Fire, BKLYNR

• One Bushwick, Two Visions: How Local Leaders’ Rezoning Proposal and the City’s Plan Match Up, City Limits

• Cornegy, Reynoso Jump Out Of Gate In BP’s Race, Kings County Politics

• Choose an incontinence pad for incontinence, not a menstrual pad, Dr. Jen Gunter

What I read today July 18

• Migrant Woman Testifies: My Child Died On What Is Mother's Day In My Country, NPR

• Mother Whose Child Died After ICE Detention Sues for $60 Million, NY Times

• The Battle of Grace Church, The Cut

• MOM TALK: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEING BLACK AND PREGNANT, Mother Mag

What I read today July 16

• How 'Woke' Liberals Convince Themselves That Gentrifying Is Okay, Vice

• READ: Here's The Resolution Condemning Trump's Racist Comments About Congresswomen, NPR

What I read today July 10

• Child Care Scarcity Has Very Real Consequences For Working Families, NPR

• What the Measles Epidemic Really Says About America, The Atlantic

What I read today July 9

• Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot, NY Times

• Charles Fréger photographs the sartorial subversion of colonial narratives, It’s Nice That

What I read today July 8

• Kids Don’t Say ‘Yes, Ma’am’ Anymore, but Politeness Is Still in Fashion, NY TImes

• I Shouldn’t Be Forced to Give Birth to a Baby Who Won’t Live, NY Times

What I read today July 4

• Cyclists And Truck Drivers Clash At Vigil For Devra Freelander, Gothamist

• London Is Going to Ban the Deadliest Trucks From Its Streets, Streets Blog

• Why American Trucks Are So Deadly for Pedestrians and Cyclists, Streets Blog

• What a Pediatrician Saw Inside a Border Patrol Warehouse, The Atlantic

What I read today July 3

• ‘As a Father ...’, The Atlantic

• What If Teachers Didn’t Focus So Much on Individual Achievement?, The Atlantic

• How Do Rich Neighborhoods Exist So Close to Poor Ones?, The Atlantic

• What To Do If Someone 'Steals' Your Baby Name, HuffPost

• After 6-Year Battle, Florida Couple Wins The Right To Plant Veggies In Front Yard, NPR

What I read today July 1

• Children wise to fear hand dryers, and 13-year-old proves it with published paper, CBC

What I read today June 28

• Student Journalist Uncovers High School’s Use of Prison Labor, NY Times

• Massachusetts Judge Charged With Helping Undocumented Immigrant Escape ICE, Huff Post

What I read today June 27

• Supreme Court Leaves Citizenship Question Blocked For Now From 2020 Census, NPR

• Alabama Woman Who Was Shot While Pregnant Is Charged in Fetus’s Death, NY Times

What I read today June 26

• A book club inspires a store owner to launch day camps, Crain’s

What I read today June 25

• The Overprotected American Child, WSJ

• AT&T sued over hidden fee that raises mobile prices above advertised rate, ars technica

What I read today June 24

• It’s a Girl! It’s a Boy! And for the Gender-Reveal Cake, It May Be the End, NY Times

• Sandy Hook Victim's Father Wins Defamation Suit; Alex Jones Sanctioned, NPR

• WATCH: A firsthand report of ‘inhumane conditions’ at a migrant children’s detention facility, PBS Newshour

What I read today June 21

• Attorneys: Texas border facility is neglecting migrant kids, AP