What I read today Dec 27
When a Lynching Memorial Becomes a Photo Opportunity, Hyperallergic
Planners Looking 25 Years Ahead Say NYC’s Climate and Transit Crises are Increasingly Urgent, CIty Limits
Amazon HQ2 tax breaks scrutinized by city comptroller, Curbed
De Blasio administration lays out roadmap for legalized pot in NYC, Curbed
Syracuse cops push St. Joe’s to probe man’s rectum for drugs; ‘What country are we living in?’, Syracuse
115 Percent of Trump’s China Tariff Revenue Goes to Paying Off Angry Farmers, Council on Foreign relations
WE'VE GOT THE SCREEN TIME DEBATE ALL WRONG. LET'S FIX IT, Wired
Short-term rentals and the housing market: Quasi-experimental evidence from Airbnb in Los Angeles, Vox
Humanity as We Know It Will Be Defined by the Broiler Chicken, Atlas Obscura
Why Hungarians Make the World’s Most Beautiful Gingerbread, Atlas Obscura
When the Christmas Plant Was a Pepper, Not a Poinsettia, Atlas Obscura
What It Was Like Being a Contestant on a 2000s-Era Cosmetic Surgery Makeover Show, Broadly
When Women Have Fewer Rights Than a Fetus, Broadly
Student Targeted by ‘Troll Storm’ Hopes Settlement Will Send Message to White Supremacists, NY Times