THE FEED: JAN 24TH

What we're reading:

What story will the National Museum of African American History and Culture tell?
(New York Times): Efforts are torn between a "desire to treat issues with scholarly detachment and an expectation that the Smithsonian’s role is to honor the nation’s past."

Atheism is easier when you're rich
(Chronicle of Higher Education): Atheist intellectuals believe religion is ultimately unnecessary for explain­ing na­ture and guid­ing mo­ral­ity, yet re­li­gion func­tions quite dif­fer­ent­ly in the de­vel­op­ing world

The ominous rise of amateur ornithology
(Slate): When more than 3,000 dead black birds fell from the sky earlier this month, America suddenly became a nation of bird-watchers

Today's quote:

“Most people intuitively feel that the majority of what is reported—in newspapers, history books, government documents—is false, or only partly true, and that the important stuff happens behind closed doors, or inside people's heads.”

~ William Skidelsky "It's time to stop this obsession with works of art based on real events" (Guardian)

 

Picture credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com

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