>"The nation’s largest city overwhelmingly approved a referendum to adopt ranked-choice voting a year ago. Now some elected leaders are trying to delay the reform."

Why are mayors and governors urging people to dine inside restaurants and letting them return to gyms and offices, even as they warn against Thanksgiving dinner? It's a case study in who has power in America, and for whose benefit that _...Read More_

"The phrase has poured into the nation’s rhetorical bloodstream. Organizations from the N.F.L. to art museums to colleges requiring the SAT are accused of perpetuating it."

A dive into Incel culture, “The “manosphere,” as it is known, is divided into four broad groups. “Men’s right’s activists” (MRAs) claim that family law and social institutions discriminate against men. “Men going their own way” (MGTOW) take _...Read More_

Gaps exist ... let’s learn to close them TOGETHER >"Economic equality is crucial to racial equality. But at nearly every stage of their lives, black Americans have less than whites."

On natural wine, authenticity and big alcohol. “The inconsistency, the impurity, the strong smells, the bits of stems and yeasts that sometimes make it into the bottle – all this signals to the consumer that natural wine is an alternative _...Read More_

Warren Kanders Resigns From Whitney Museum Board After Months of Controversy and Protest. It will likely have an effect on the vetting system for trustees on board museums in the future. In case you haven't followed the story, eight _...Read More_

Phalanges and metacarpals: These are bones of the fingers and hands that Trump has used to tweet tirades against black and brown people and to retweet Nazi sympathizers, including, twice, an account called [@WhiteGenocideTM](/user/profile/WhiteGenocideTM) with a photo of _...Read More_

Revisiting Rob Horning’s Authenticity as Service: “The discourse of authenticity espoused by marketers posits a pretend space untouched by capitalism where social relations are “real” instead of mercenary. Since all interactions under _...Read More_

It is a difficult message: that our blood is different, red and white cells both. When it comes to finding stem cells for bone marrow transplants, the search has to be equally discriminatory. This time the issue is HLA, the human leukocyte _...Read More_

“Photography is not just a system of calibrating light, but a technology of subjective decisions.” From the Shirley card and Kodak Gold film to dual skin tone color-balancing algorithms, Sarah Lewis studies how unconscious bias is built _...Read More_

"In some parts of the world they are revered and protected; in other places they are captured and eaten for dinner. One thing is certain: They’re everywhere."

Astonishing view on this soon-to-become new museum of architecture, reminiscent of Dubaï or Abu Dhabi, a cynical and distopian move. But what a beautiful article, read it on your largest screen