The Edit: Harvard's Admissions Secrets

Plus: Do you live in a political bubble? View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Monday, July 30, 2018 [NYTimes.com »]( [The admissions office at Harvard. A lawsuit against the university has illuminated little-known aspects of its selection process.]( The admissions office at Harvard. A lawsuit against the university has illuminated little-known aspects of its selection process. Gretchen Ertl for The New York Times [The ‘Z-List’: Bias Lawsuit Explores Harvard’s Admissions Secrets]( By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, AMY HARMON AND MITCH SMITH The suit, which accuses the university of discriminating against Asian-Americans, has shed light on little-known aspects of Harvard’s selection process. ADVERTISEMENT Trending on Social [Gwyneth Paltrow.]( Amanda Demme for The New York Times [How Goop’s Haters Made Gwyneth Paltrow’s Company Worth $250 Million]( By TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER Inside the growth of the most controversial brand in the wellness industry. [“The march is a launch,” Jamie Margolin, the founder of Zero Hour, said of Saturday’s demonstration in Washington. “It isn’t, ‘That’s it, we’re done.’”]( Erin Schaff for The New York Times [Meet the Teenagers Leading a Climate Change Movement]( By ALEXANDRA YOON-HENDRICKS Zero Hour, the nationwide coalition behind Saturday’s youth marches in Washington and other cities, is hoping to inspire young people to step up and demand change. HOW ARE WE DOING? We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please email thoughts and suggestions to [newsletters@nytimes.com](mailto:newsletters@nytimes.com?subject=The%20Edit%20Newsletter%20Feedback). LIKE THIS EMAIL? Forward it to your friends, and let them know they can sign up [here](. Areas of Study [One of the celebrities at Beautycon was Drew Barrymore, promoting her Flower Beauty brand. Fans crowded in to get a selfie with the actress.]( Anna Beeke for The New York Times Business [Beauty Is in the Eye of These Beholders]( By ELIZABETH HOLMES Beautycon is the Super Bowl of the beauty industry, where new products are unveiled and celebrities show up to launch their forays into the lucrative makeup business.  Science [How Record Heat Wreaked Havoc on Four Continents]( By SOMINI SENGUPTA, TIFFANY MAY AND ZIA UR-REHMAN We talked to people who found themselves on the front lines of climate change this year. Here are their stories.  Media [Dogs Took Over the Internet. Our Souls Are at Stake.]( By AMANDA HESS Dogs are order. Cats are chaos. Dogs are loyal and compliant. Cats are … not. Why has the internet suddenly switched its allegiance? Episode 1 of our video series. [The Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Lowell, Mass. Many teenagers were invited after data from a college-planning questionnaire they took, My CollegeOptions, was shared with the organizer.]( National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists Education [For Sale: Survey Data on Millions of High School Students]( By NATASHA SINGER College-planning surveys give a peek into the opaque and little-regulated market of data-mining of minors. [Businesses that sell food or drinks in Seattle can no longer offer plastic straws. Duke’s Seafood and Chowder was already using paper straws like these.]( Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times, via Associated Press Statistics [How a 9-Year-Old Boy’s Statistic Shaped a Debate on Straws]( By NIRAJ CHOKSHI “It is honestly a little surprising,” said Milo Cress, 17. His research as an elementary school student in 2011 has been widely cited. Is it accurate? [The Azmi sisters — from left, Asiyah, 25; Husnah, 21; Sajidah, 18; Haleemah, 17; Nuha, 23; and Mubeenah, 14 — outside their home in Toronto, where they play ball hockey in a summer league.]( Marta Iwanek for The New York Times Physical Education [The Azmi Sisters Go Hard in Ball Hockey. Don’t Act So Surprised.]( By CURTIS RUSH Six young Muslim sisters with hijabs and hockey sticks are forcing Canadian sports fans to expand their view of who athletes can be and what they can wear. ADVERTISEMENT Alastair Grant/Associated Press Adulting [How to Beat F.O.B.O., From the Expert Who Coined It]( By TIM HERRERA The Fear of Better Options is always out there, but you can get around it.  ICYMI [An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2016 Presidential Election]( By MATTHEW BLOCH, LARRY BUCHANAN, JOSH KATZ AND KEVIN QUEALY Do you live in a political bubble? Find out. Get more [NYTimes.com newsletters »]( | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. [Subscribe »]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's The Edit newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Change Your Email]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( | [Advertise]( Copyright 2018 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018