In Brief
News and notes.
The Marriage Diet
Corey FieldsGetting married may lead to weight gain—and not just because of that extra piece of wedding cake. Newlyweds’ … Read MoreLittle Free Libraries
RJL20“Little free libraries” are popping up in front of houses, apartments, parks and other public spaces across the country. Read MoreThe Terrorist Next Door
Media depictions of terrorists exaggerate the distance between “us” and “them.”Last August, when the cover of Rolling Stone pictured … Read MoreThe Lone Wolf Terrorist
Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnev, the brothers who are suspected of detonating two bombs during the Boston Marathon last year, killing three individuals and injuring countless … Read MoreThe New Workplayce
Corey FieldsDoes all work and no play really make Jack a dull boy? In a 2006 TED talk, education … Read MoreFashioning Flawlessness
Amanda LanzoneDuring New York’s Fashion Week last September, patients of plastic surgeon Ramtin Kassir sashayed down the runway to … Read MoreKidneys and Kin
While organ donation systems in the United States are designed to be efficient and equitable, distributing organs harvested from recently deceased individuals to those who … Read MoreOpera’s Last Act
Sam GrinbergThe 70-year-old New York City Opera has joined a growing chorus of operas, orchestras, and ballet companies in … Read MoreThe Feminization of Foreclosure
During the Great Recession that began in 2007, news reports portrayed housing foreclosure as an equal opportunity crisis, overlooking the fact that women—especially women of … Read More