The WNBA’s Star Players Strike Back
By Wim Langedijk for HURS
The WNBA’s Star Players Strike Back
HUR Reads is our definitive shortlist of the most prominent articles from around the web.
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The Prime Minister Who Tried to Have a Life Outside the Office
The New Yorker profiles former Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, whose club nights once eclipsed her politics in the headlines. In her memoir Hope in Action, Marin reflects on navigating sexism, class bias, and burnout while trying to govern like a human being. Now out of office, she writes with the clarity of someone who’s seen how quickly a woman’s competence can be questioned the moment she looks like she’s enjoying herself.
THE NEW YORKER
Jemele Hill unpacks a tense moment for the WNBA after Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier called out commissioner Cathy Engelbert for “the worst leadership in the world.” As the league’s popularity soars, players like Collier, Caitlin Clark, and Angel Reese are pushing back against low pay and poor treatment. Hill argues the message is clear: the WNBA’s success belongs to its players—and they’re done being told to be grateful.
THE ATLANTIC
Lee Lozano turned her life into a work of art—and then vanished from it. A prodigy of 1960s New York’s downtown scene, she quit painting, then the art world entirely, before taking what turned into a lifelong vow of silence toward women. Sasha Weiss revisits Lozano’s radical self-erasure, framing it as both rebellion and collapse: an artist pushing autonomy to its breaking point. This fall, there will be a survey of more than 100 of Lozano’s drawings at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles.
T MAGAZINE
Curator Jovanna Venegas sees archives as more than records—they’re living tools for research and storytelling. From her parents’ Tijuana photo studio to projects with artists like ASMA and Pat Oleszko, she blends careful study with exhibition-making that draws viewers in. In Document, Nick Vogelson highlights how her work, including the group show To Ignite Our Skin, balances thorough research with inviting, sensory experiences, proving archives can preserve history while creating new ways of seeing.
DOCUMENT
Jane Goodall spent more than six decades fighting for the planet and kept fighting “until [her] last breath.” In one of her final interviews, published in the Financial Times, the 91‑year‑old conservationist reflected on her life’s work, from her groundbreaking research in Gombe to her unrelenting campaign for environmental justice. Even as she neared the end of her life, she remained steadfast: “You must not give up. You must do your bit.” A new cultural centre in Tanzania, Dr Jane’s Dream, will carry her mission forward — a living reminder of the hope she never stopped defending.