A reading list on how museums reflect culture.
The Nation
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The Crypto Racket
“Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.”
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What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like
“Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis.”
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Jazz Off the Record
“In the late 1960s, the recording industry lost interest in America’s greatest art form. But in a small, dark club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, jazz legends were playing the best music you’ve never heard.”
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How America Invented the Red State
“According to conventional wisdom, the last quarter century of elections has proved that most of the country leans conservative. It all started with a map.”
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Looking at Art Will Never Be the Same Again
“A conversation with the art historian Claire Bishop about technology’s influence on museums and galleries, and her recent book Disordered Attention.”
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The Nonstop Gay Sex Party on the Mexico City Subway
“The city’s metro hosts—and authorities unofficially sanction—a queer institution unlike any other.”
Posted inReading List
Librarians on the Front Lines: A Reading List for Library Lovers and Realists
Increasingly, being a librarian is less and less about books and more and more about community survival.
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Was This Professor Fired for Having Tourette Syndrome?
“We want to ensure harassment-free climates in schools and workplaces, and we want to protect the rights of people with disabilities. What happens when these imperatives collide?”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Molly Redden, Sarah Schweitzer, Andrew Dickson, Namwali Serpell, and Lukas Hermsmeier.