What I read today Jan 27
Photos: Chaos Reigns At Rain-Soaked Idiotarod 2020, Gothamist
Kobe Bryant: The NBA’s All-Time Asshole Says Goodbye, Rolling Stone
They're Single. They're Straight. They're Friends. And They're Having a Baby., Marie Claire
I’ve opted out of homework for my young children. Here’s why, and how you can, too., Washington Post
What I read today Jan 23
MTA Begins Study of Passenger Service along Bay Ridge Freight Line, Bklynr
The Salmon Sisters of Alaska are Fighting for a Healthy, Sustainable Fish Future, Civil Eats
The Surprising History of McDonald’s and the Civil Rights Movement, NY Times
Demand for ginseng is creating a ‘wild west’ in Appalachia, Nat Geo
How New York’s Bagel Union Fought — and Beat — a Mafia Takeover, Grubstreet
The battle for Notre Dame, The Washington Post
What I read today Jan 21
Getting jiggly with it: The curious community that's grown around gelatinous creations, Salon
China moves to phase out single-use plastics, The Guardian
Moms 4 Housing: Deal reached to negotiate sale of West Oakland house to nonprofit, SF Chronicle
Readers Respond to Our Look at the Politics of American History Textbooks, NY Times
Could the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative be hurting mothers—and babies too?, Advisory Board
The Questions Sex-Ed Students Always Ask, The Atlantic
The Kids Are Not All Right, Washington Monthly
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams Tells NYC Newcomers To 'Go Back To Ohio', Gothamist
Hillary Clinton blasts Sanders, won't commit to backing him as party nominee, CBS News
What I read today Jan 16
What's Stopping The MTA From Reopening Its Locked Subway Entrances?, Gothamist
Buried in Sand for a Millennium: Africa’s Roman Ghost City, Messy Nessy Chic
Fast Furniture Is an Environmental Fiasco, The New Republic
How Aboriginal Hunting and ‘Cool Burns’ Prevent Australian Wildfires, Atlas Obscura
What I read today Jan 14
‘The Godfather of trains’: the Trans-Mongolian from Moscow to Beijing, The Guardian
Top tech grads are increasingly unwilling to work for Big Tech, viewing it as a new, unethical Wall Street, Boing Boing
‘Techlash’ Hits College Campuses, NY Times
What’s Behind the Iconic Floor Plan of London, City Lab
The Coded Couture of Antique Lacework, Messy Nessy Chic
How 20-Year-Old Queen Victoria Forever Changed Wedding Fashion, vanity Fair
Public Libraries’ Latest Offering: Musical Instruments, Next City
A GOOD PLACE: ART HISTORY INSTAGRAM PICKS UP WHERE ART HISTORY TUMBLR LEFT OFF, The OUtline
What I read today Jan 8
Tribal Elder Hears Grandfather’s Voice in Archived Songs, Yes! Magazine
For a Sustainable Food System, Look to Seeds, Yes! Magazine
Santa isn’t real, and healthcare is a human right, The Outline
Abortion Without Roe, The New Republic
Why Are NYC Parents So Upset At The Idea Of Scrapping 'Gifted And Talented' Programs?, Gothamist
Wanna-Beats: In 1959, Café Bizarre Gave Straights an Entree Into Beatnik Culture, Collectors Weekly
How Four Madagascar Villages Battled a Blaze to Save Their Trees, Atlas Obscura
The Elite Sake Brewer on Route 66, Atlas Obscura
These Lost Crops Were a Likely Staple Food in Indigenous North America, Modern Farmer
Underground and Underserved: To Be Blind or Deaf and Ride the NYC Subway, City Limits
Puget Sound tribes and scientists join forces to breed millions of clams, The New Food Economy
Two Trees Developer Rolls Eyes at Community’s Concerns During Williamsburg Meeting, Bklynr
America Has Never Cared About Sacred Sites, The New Republic
The Sordid History of Mount Rushmore, Smithsonian Mag
Easter Island’s Monoliths Made the Crops Grow, Atlas Obscura
What I read today Jan 6
What Will Another Decade of Climate Crisis Bring?, The New Yorker
Op-Ed: The Current Iran Crisis Trump created, Kings County Politics
Learning Mindfulness From the Art of Victorian Dressmaking, hyperallergic
The Year Women Over 50 Reclaimed Their Right to Be Seen, NY Times
What I gave up for motherhood, Motherly
What I read today Jan 2 2020
Grandparents provide free childcare, but it costs us in other ways, Motherly
Batting -- Montessori Baby Week 14, the kavanaugh report
The New York Artist Reintroducing Wild, Edible Foods, Civil Eats
so cool. (seriously)
What I read today Dec 24
Maternity Leave: Where’s The #MomsToo Movement?, American Conservative
The End of Babies, NY Times