What We Like Right Now
Our favorite picks for the week of April 6, curated by Slate writers and editors.
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Here are our favorite stories, podcasts, and videos from around the Web for the week of April 6.
- Movie critic Dana Stevens likes …
“How ‘You Do You’ Perfectly Captures Our Narcissistic Culture” by Colson Whitehead, New York Times Magazine
“All of the news is really, really bad this weekend, but Colson Whitehead's column for the New York Times Magazine is really, really good.”
- Meteorologist and climate writer Eric Holthaus likes …
“Can Climate Scientists Make a Difference by Not Flying?” by Brian Kahn, Climate Central
“Should climate scientists give up flying? ‘It’s a credibility issue.’ Brian Kahn investigates.”
- Senior business and economics correspondent Jordan Weissmann likes …
“Why Millennials Are Less Urban Than You Think” by Jed Kolko, Five Thirty Eight
“Confirming my theory: College-educated millennials are becoming more urban, high-school educated millennials aren't.”
- Staff writer Amanda Hess likes …
“Rolling Stone Needs to Fix Its ‘Voice’ Problem, Too” by Andrew Beaujon, Washingtonian
“Andrew Beaujon on the inherent shadiness of Rolling Stone's ‘horrifyingly cinematic’ house style.”
- Science and health editor Laura Helmuth likes …
“Journalists Should Act More Like Scientists” by Christie Aschwanden, the Last Word On Nothing
“Obsession with tidy stories & characters has brought us Jonah Lehrer, Tom Junod, Malcom Gladwell et al.”