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Alison Iven 7/22/20 Alison Iven 7/22/20

What I read today July 22

CORRESPONDENCE: Universal Masking in the Covid-19 Era, New England joinal of medicine

Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era, new England journal of medicine

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What I read today July 21

Some Students Should Go to School, Most Should Stay Home, medium

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What I read today July 20

During Coronavirus Lockdowns, Some Doctors Wondered: Where Are the Preemies?, NY TIMES

As Mayor of Minneapolis, I Saw How White Liberals Block Change, NY Times

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What I read today July 17

Gardening Made Me Happier. It Will Work for You Too., NY Times

Process & growth: an essay, Helen Levi

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What I read today June 9

  • Pandemic Could Scar a Generation of Working Mothers, NY Times

  • As Diners Flock to Delivery Apps, Restaurants Fear for Their Future, NY Times

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What I read today June 4-5

  • It looks like Amy Cooper, the white woman in the viral Central Park video, is a liberal. That's important, Independent

  • I Live in Minneapolis. This Is What I Told My 4-Year-Old., Medium

  • I Evacuated From Minneapolis. This is What I Told My 4-Year-Old., Medium

  • They’re Trying to Gaslight Us to Death, Mother Jones

  • More Than 400 Current And Former Members Of The De Blasio Administration Say The Mayor Is Failing At His Job, Gothamist

  • ‘Mom, Why Don’t You Have Any Black Friends?’, Medium
    ”The average white American has 91 white friends and nine friends of color, including just one black friend. Seventy-five percent of white Americans have no friends of color at all.”

  • When George Floyd called out for his mama, mothers everywhere answered, Motherly

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What I read today May 21-25

  • Crumbs for the Hungry but Windfalls for the Rich, NY Times

  • We’ll Be Wearing Things on Our Faces for a Long Time, The Atlantic

  • Latest dispute with city keeps Arverne community garden from growing, Queens Daily Eagle

  • The Coronavirus Is Deadliest Where Democrats Live, NY TImes

  • The Bushwick House Share Was a Haven—Then COVID-19 Struck. new yorker

  • The Story Behind the Uncut Gems House, and the 83-Year-Old Widow Who Owns It, vulture

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What I read today May 20

  • Stop Worrying About Your Preschooler’s Education , janet lansbury

  • Two Coasts. One Virus. How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California. , ProPublica

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what i read today may 17

  • What the 1918 flu pandemic tells us about whether social distancing works , The Guardian

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what I read today may 13-14

  • Under Trump, American exceptionalism means poverty, misery and death, The Guardian

  • Unreleased White House report shows coronavirus rates spiking in heartland communities, NBC NEws

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what i read today may 11

  • NC State researchers: “Tell us about your sourdough starter, for science”

  • Capture wild microbes and turn them into bread – for science!

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what i read today may 9

  • The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying, The Atlantic

  • Forget Pancakes. Pay Mothers., NY Times

  • The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months, The Guardian

  • The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them

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Alison Iven 5/9/20 Alison Iven 5/9/20

what i read today may 8

  • THE SEPARATION, the marshall project

  • My Family Needed a Reset. Quarantine Gave Us One., The Atlantic

  • When Maternity Wards in Black Neighborhoods Disappear, NY Times

  • Nearly Half of Men Say They Do Most of the Home Schooling. 3 Percent of Women Agree., NY Times

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what i read today may 4

  • The ‘Credibility Bookcase’ Is the Quarantine’s Hottest Accessory, NY Times

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What I read today may 2

  • What the Proponents of ‘Natural’ Herd Immunity Don’t Say, my times
    My mom wants everything to open up again cuz she’s “tiredt of it.” Said we need herd immunity when I countered with it may be too early and people will die.

  • Is Sweden Doing It Right?, Ny times

  • Prenatal Care May Look Very Different After Coronavirus, NY Times

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what I read today april 26

  • Moms Left To Fend Alone In Maternity Wards, Despite Cuomo Order, Brownstoner

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what I read today april 24

  • The Tonic of Gardening in Quarantine, The New Yorker

  • Tech startups want to reinvent the bulk aisle—grocery’s most glorious, affordable, unwieldy section. That’s going to be harder than it looks., The Counter

  • WATCH: How to Build and Manage a Community Seed Library Password: SeedLibrary2020!

  • Norman Borlaug is hailed for “feeding the world.” So why is there still so much hunger?, the counter

  • Beautiful disasters: The wild, wilted world of plant scientists who breed crops ready to thrive on a climate-ravaged earth, the counter

  • Community Supported Agriculture Is Surging Amid the Pandemic, civil eats

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what i read today april 23

  • How to Plant a Victory Garden, Even on a Windowsill , ny times

  • The calming effects of sewing can help people express and heal themselves, the guardian

  • Where Is Everyone Getting All of This Sourdough Starter All of a Sudden?, vice

  • There’s psychology behind the foods we don’t buy in a crisis, the counter

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what i read today april 22

  • How Bernie Sanders Built a New Visual Language for Democratic Socialism, eye on design

  • Under the Covers: M.I.A.’s Arular Proves That Great Design Isn’t All About Understanding Photoshop, eye on design

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What I read today April 21

  • Too Much Oil: How a Barrel Came to Be Worth Less Than Nothing, NY Times

  • The Infection That’s Silently Killing Coronavirus Patients, NY Times

  • The White House Has Erected a Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE, New York

  • My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore?, My times mag

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