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How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals3M found that many of its products, including Scotchgard and Scotchban, leached toxic chemicals called PFAS. Sharon Lerner reports on why the company kept making them. 2024-05-20T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Sharon Lerner 7,000 words Rated 2024-05-30T14:40:17-0700 - sethherr
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The Missionary in the KitchenI longed for purpose, meaning, the sense of being found. Then, one summer, I sort of was, Clare Sestanovich writes. #College #Religion 2024-06-01T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Clare Sestanovich 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-05T21:09:42-0700 - sethherr
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Can Turning Office Towers Into Apartments Save Downtowns?Nathan Berman has helped rescue Manhattan’s financial district from a “doom loop” by carving attractive living spaces from hulking buildings that once housed fields of cubicles. D. T. Max reports. 2024-04-29T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker D. T. Max 5,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:24:05-0700 - sethherr
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Not Your Childhood LibraryPaige Williams writes that an ambitious experiment in Minneapolis is changing the way librarians work with their homeless patrons and challenging how we share public space. #Homelessness #Libraries #Minnesota 2024-05-23T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Paige Williams 4,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T17:50:26-0700 - sethherr
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An Unexpected Turn in the Evangelical Culture WarsA proposal to ban Southern Baptist women from serving as pastors failed a two-thirds-majority vote, signalling that the far right has not yet consolidated its control of the Church. #Christianity #Religion 2024-06-12T13:52:49-0700 The New Yorker Eliza Griswold 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-14T18:02:02-0700 - sethherr
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Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the MediaGideon Lewis-Kraus writes about the tension between Scott Alexander, of the rationalist blog Slate Star Codex, and the New York Times. #Journalism #New York Times #Silicon Valley #Social Media 2020-07-09T08:10:18-0700 The New Yorker Gideon Lewis-Kraus 5,000 words Rated 2024-07-16T14:10:04-0700 - sethherr
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Summer Camp and Parenting PanicsJay Caspian Kang on summer camps’ promises of social improvement, and the reason that upper-middle-class families can’t conceive of an unscheduled moment. #Parenting 2024-05-24T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jay Caspian Kang 1,000 words Rated 2024-07-20T12:55:22-0700 - sethherr
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The Art of Taking It SlowAnna Wiener interviews Grant Petersen, the owner of Rivendell Bicycle Works, who has amassed an ardent following by urging people to abandon the spandex and personal bests, get a comfortable bike, and go easy. 2024-09-16T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Anna Wiener 5,000 words Rated 2024-09-23T22:38:03-0700 - sethherr
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Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying MonsterFrom Coinbase to OpenAI, the tech sector is pouring millions into super PACS that intimidate politicians into supporting its agenda. Charles Duhigg reports. 2024-10-07T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Charles Duhigg 8,000 words Rated 2024-10-13T20:01:27-0700 - sethherr
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The Tight-Knit World of Kamala Harris’s College SororityHow are members of A.K.A.—which Harris joined at Howard University—responding to their most famous sister’s Presidential campaign against Donald Trump? Jazmine Hughes reports. 2024-10-21T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Jazmine Hughes 6,000 words Rated 2024-11-03T19:57:14-0800 - sethherr
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“The Brutalist” ’s Epic Inversion of the American DreamIn Brady Corbet’s latest film, starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, and Guy Pearce, the director depicts the fate of a brilliant Hungarian architect, who lands in the United States after surviving Buchenwald. 2024-12-20T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker Justin Chang 1,000 words Rated 2024-12-27T20:13:15-0800 - sethherr
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Lake Tahoe’s Bear BoomRated 2025-01-03T16:04:53-0800 - sethherr
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Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion’s “everywoman.com”Didion’s appraisal of Martha Stewart, in which most glosses of the subject could also apply to the author, is an ur-text on contemporary feminine ambition. 2025-02-10T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker Jia Tolentino 500 words Rated 2025-02-13T06:56:59-0800 - sethherr
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Mike White’s Mischievous Vision for “The White Lotus”Behind the scenes before the Season 3 première with the creator of the HBO series, streaming on Max, who has filmed with casts in Hawaii, Italy, and, most recently, Thailand. Kelefa Sanneh reports. #Profile 2025-02-10T03:00:00-0800 The New Yorker Kelefa Sanneh 6,000 words Rated 2025-02-16T20:56:55-0800 - sethherr
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Texas’s Barbecue SchismRated 2025-02-25T14:47:37-0800 - sethherr
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The Man Who Spent Forty-two Years at the Beverly Hills Hotel PoolFrom 1993: Nearly every day for decades, Irving V. Link tanned by the luxury pool, Adam Gopnik writes. Then his idyllic life style came under threat from the hotel’s owner, the Sultan of Brunei. 1993-02-14T16:00:00-0800 The New Yorker Adam Gopnik 8,000 words Rated 2025-03-06T07:09:58-0800 - sethherr
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