What I read today Nov 12
Travel Bags for Montessori Toddlers, how we montessori
The Power of a Wealthy PTA, The Atlantic
How America Lost Dinner, The Atlantic
How to Enjoy the Often Exhausting, Depressing Role of Parenthood, The Atlantic
Pregnant and Depressed, the Atlantic
What I read today Nov 8
WATCH: Why North America's Youth Must Rescue Farming, The Atlantic
What I read today Nov 7
Fuck a longer school day, The Outline
Exactly what I was thinking when I read about Harris’ planIn Detroit, A New Type of Agricultural Neighborhood Has Emerged, Yes! Magazine
Fuck Winning, Deadspin
lovely articleStates Are More Worried About Pipeline Protesters Than Spills, The New Republic
Facing Retail Vacancy Crisis, City Council To Consider Plan For Commercial Rent Stabilization, Gothamist
Brooklyn Organizers to Open First Black-Led Food Co-Op in NYC, Next City
What I read today Oct 30
Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows, NY Times
I’m a Farmer and a Mother. Both Roles Should be Valued More, Civil Eats
USDA Unveils New Rules For Hemp Production, Modern Farmer
New federal report shows dairy cooperatives struggling with power imbalances and competing interests, The New Food Economy
Should the City’s Housing Plan Make NYCHA its Centerpiece?, City Limits
WATCH: Charlie's Records - Caribbean Film Series 2019 trailer
What I read today Oct 29
The Seeds of Rural Progressivism, Dissent
20+ WAYS TO PRESERVE PUMPKIN AND WINTER SQUASH, Practical Self Reliance
Some Companies Claim They Can’t Afford to Offer Parental Benefits—Now They Can’t Afford Not To, AIGA Eye on Design
What I read today Oct 22
What I read today Oct 21
Why Black Homeowners in Brooklyn Are Being Targeted for Fraud, NY Times
American Farming Runs on Exploitation, The New Republic
EXPLOITING NEW YORK CITY’S CHINATOWN KILLINGS TO ATTACK BAIL REFORM, The Appeal
Black Space, White Blindness, Slate
We Found Over 700 Doctors Who Were Paid More Than a Million Dollars by Drug and Medical Device Companies, Pro Publica
What I read today Oct 18
A Feminist Art Collective Gets a Historic Home, hyperallergic
How the Berenstain Bears Found Salvation, NY Times Magazine
Donald Trump Just Won the Conflict-of-Interest Olympics, Mother Jones
What I read today oct 17
What Happened to the West Village?, NYR Daily
The Police Can’t Solve the Problem. They Are the Problem., NY Times
City could lose nearly 100 community gardens over contract dispute, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The Brief, Baffling Life of an Accidental New York Neighborhood, Atlas Obscura
Picturing China’s Bamboo Chopstick Industry From the Sky, Atlas Obscura
What I read today Oct 16
Fort Greene’s sought-after Arts & Letters might move to Bed-Stuy in a merger with P.S. 305, Chalkbeat
Michael Bierut says never trust a designer who doesn’t like reading, Quartz
Working on updating Bierut’s wikipedia article (it’s a mess!) and I think this is my favorite article about him. “I’m very suspicious about hiring graphic designers who don’t seem to be enthusiastic about reading”Loud and Clear, Standford Social Innovation Review
Black-Led Coop Wants to End Food Inequality in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights, Bklynr
What I read today Oct 11
Sleeping in the Archives: The Met’s Forgotten Fashion Brands, Messy nessy Chic
Schooling Social Justice Warriors, The American Conservative
Sandra Boynton’s Captivating Universe, The Atlantic
Why the Arts Matter for Kids’ Self-Esteem, Greater Good Magazine
What I read today Oct 7
Stay-at-Home Parents Work Hard. Should They Be Paid?, NY Times
I Was Brought to the U.S. as a Baby. This Is Why I Left., Teen Vogue
Remembering Gordon, Design Observer
They were raised to be ‘colorblind’ — but now more white parents are learning to talk about race, Washington Post