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April 20: What Really Happened Last Week

4 days ago | thegoldenhour.substack.com | Anya Kamenetz

Hello friends. The Golden Hour: climate, children, mental health is a reader-supported publication. To read this weekly news update and support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. I’m a journalist with two decades of experience. Welcome to my weekly, highly curated list of top stories, bright spots, and action steps, helping you navigate the mayhem, focusing on the topics of this newsletter: caregiving, youth, climate change, human rights, mental health.
April 13: What Really Happened Last Week

1 week ago | thegoldenhour.substack.com | Anya Kamenetz

Hello friends!It’s my beginning-of-the-week paywalled post! Copy this and send it to a friend who says they are “tuning out the news.” More of you are tuning IN every week!I’m a journalist with two decades of experience. This is my weekly, highly curated list of relevant news, bright spots, and action steps, helping you navigate the mayhem, and focusing on the topics of this newsletter: caregiving, youth, climate change, human rights, mental health.
The Real Meaning of "Economics"

1 week ago | thegoldenhour.substack.com | Anya Kamenetz

Hello friends. I have been elbows deep this week, cleaning and reorganizing my refrigerator, freezer, pantry, and kitchen. We don’t keep kosher, but I have embraced Passover as a spring-cleaning ritual: boxing up all our chametz (grain foods) which are prohibited for the week, tossing random expired vitamins, donating unopened stuff we’ll never use to a local food fridge, vacuuming the crumbs out of the toaster oven. I even realphabetized the spices.
April 5: What Really Happened This Week

2 weeks ago | thegoldenhour.substack.com | Anya Kamenetz

Hello friends! It’s my beginning-of-the-week paywalled post! Copy this and send it to a friend who says they are “tuning out the news.” More of you are tuning IN every week!I’m a journalist with two decades of experience. I’ve covered technology and policy in depth, and I have a special interest in media literacy and mental health—how we experience the news, and what it does to us.
Parenting is My Refuge Right Now

2 weeks ago | thegoldenhour.substack.com | Anya Kamenetz

Pillow fighting with a unicorn. Rollerblading in the park. Planting tulip bulbs to spruce up the front steps. Enjoying the first ice cream of the season. Being flabbergasted by the contortionist at the circus. Drawing daily comics. Earning their first karate stripes. Busting out some serious kitchen dance moves. Sharing surprising arthropod facts. Going away for a teen Shabbat retreat. Playing Hues and Cues and Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. Joining the crew for the spring play.
March 30: What Really Happened Last Week

3 weeks ago | thegoldenhour.substack.com | Anya Kamenetz

Hello friends. It’s my beginning-of-the-week paywalled post! Copy this and send it to a friend who says they are “tuning out the news.” More of you are tuning IN every week!I’m a journalist with two decades of experience. I’ve covered technology and policy in depth, and I have a special interest in media literacy and mental health—how we experience the news, and what it does to us.
On Not Knowing What To Do Now

3 weeks ago | thegoldenhour.substack.com | Anya Kamenetz

Hello friends. I am a journalist by trade and training, so when I'm faced with a tricky situation, my instinct is to gather different points of view. In the last few months, I've been lucky enough to be in conversation with the following people:The Golden Hour: climate, children, mental health is a reader-supported publication. To support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber.
March 23: What Really Happened Last Week

1 month ago | thegoldenhour.substack.com | Anya Kamenetz |Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Hello friends. We are 2 months into the second Trump administration and it seems like so. much. longer. It’s my beginning-of-the-week paywalled post! Copy this and send it to a friend who says they are “tuning out the news.” More of you are tuning in every week! I’m a journalist with two decades of experience. I’ve covered technology and policy in depth, and I have a special interest in media literacy and mental health—how we experience the news, and what it does to us.
March 16: What Really Happened Last Week

1 month ago | thegoldenhour.substack.com | Anya Kamenetz

Hello friends! It’s my beginning-of-the-week paywalled post! Copy this and send it to a friend who says they are “tuning out the news.” About 10 of you are joining in every week!I’m a journalist with two decades of experience. I’ve covered technology and policy in depth, and I have a special interest in media literacy and mental health—how we experience the news, and what it does to us.
A Surprising Evening Of Utopia In Palestine

1 month ago | thegoldenhour.substack.com | Anya Kamenetz

Hello friends. Last week, I posted about joy. One person commented thus: “It’s important to have fun during a genocide” - dumb white woman proverb.” I hated seeing that, because it’s Twitter-type empty snark. Mostly people don’t do that on Substack. To support The Golden Hour, like, restack, comment, or become a paid subscriber.