I'm in the middle of my trip through presidential biographies. Started with Ron Chernow's biography of Washington in summer 2023, and got to David Herbert Donald's bio of Lincoln by winter break. In between books, here are some notable articles I enjoyed and wanted to save:
- ‘They Always Say the Younger You Start, the Better’ by Daisy Schofield in New York Magazine (October 2023)
- The Misguided War on the SAT by David Leonhardt in the NY Times (January)
- California’s Push for Ethnic Studies Runs Into the Israel-Hamas War by in the NY Times (February)
- Why So Many Children of Immigrants Rise to the Top by Peter Coy in the NY Times (March)
- The Colorblindness Trap by Nikole Hannah-Jones in the New York Times Magazine (March), along with Five Takeaways follow-up article