At The Atlantic, we believe it’s never been more important to take on established answers with tough questions. Here, Michael K. Williams, of The Wire and The Night Of, wrestles with one of his own: Is he being typecast?
The best and wisest parents may have a good grasp of what their children want. But they may not be the best judges of what other people’s children need. (from 2013)
“What the Russians have done is to develop the only technology in the world to produce acceptable, low-cost housing on a large scale.” (via CityLab)
Women were making strides in the workplace in 1917, assuming government roles (the first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress), marching for the right to vote, even risking jail to teach others about safe birth control methods. This photo essay is paired with another: Women At Work in 2017, for a more global look at what the workplace is like for a woman today.
"First Ladyland" is a film that explores the hopes of Sevnica’s residents as they watch their most famous export from afar. Set to bright polka tunes, it is not a heavy-handed politics video—it’s a charming character study of a place that not many people in the country Trump presides over are familiar with.
"When people are turned into brands, they become responsible to their brand—and to their bosses—all the time, everywhere." (via Quartz)
"If I had one regret it was I didn't marry this one woman and have kids with her," says Bill Nye, of the popular former PBS show Bill Nye The Science Guy. "But that's whiskey under the bridge. In general, people regret what they don't do. They don't regret too much what they do do."
Photographers around the world sought out women from many different backgrounds and cultures, and created portraits of them on the job.
“Toys play a pivotal role, especially early on in what girls think they can be." (via PBS NewsHour)
“The language cannot be separated from the cultural values of that language." (via Quartz)
Though the long-stalled development of the Trump International Hotel and Tower has generated a steady drip of news and rumors for years, an overview in The New Yorker puts into perspective just how convoluted the situation is, and just how much the project has led Trump and his company into a partnership with numerous corrupt officials in the Middle East.
It’s been estimated that it takes 25 minutes, on average, for a worker to return to a task after being interrupted—this appears to hold true even for quick diversions, such as sending a single email.
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