The Edit: Why We Can’t Look Away From Our Screens

View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Monday, March 13, 2017 [The New York Times]( [NYTimes.com »]( [The New York Times]( Monday, March 13, 2017 [Adam Alter warns that many of us — youngsters, teenagers, adults — are addicted to modern digital products.]( Adam Alter warns that many of us — youngsters, teenagers, adults — are addicted to modern digital products. Karsten Moran for The New York Times [Why We Can’t Look Away From Our Screens]( By CLAUDIA DREIFUS In a new book, the social psychologist Adam Alter warns that our devotion to digital devices has morphed into something very much like addiction.  ADVERTISEMENT  Trending on Social [Ruby Barnhill, left, and Mark Rylance, in digital makeup, in “The BFG,” which is scheduled to stream on Netflix starting March 15.]( Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Popular on Facebook [The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and HBO in March]( By MONICA CASTILLO Here are the new streaming titles we think are the most interesting, broken down by service. Derek Brahney for The New York Times Popular on Twitter [How the Trolls Stole Washington]( By AMANDA HESS The terror of anonymous online harassment has been around for decades. Now the worst side of the web is at the center of national politics. 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%20227%20Newsletter%20Feedback).  Areas of Study [Rasmea Odeh in 2015.]( Paul Sancya/Associated Press Gender Studies [Does Feminism Have Room for Zionists?]( By EMILY SHIRE Anti-Israel statements in the International Women’s Strike platform risk alienating some feminists. [Candy-like vitamins for adult women.]( Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Health Sciences [Vitamins Gone Gummy]( By ABBY ELLIN Vitamin makers have discovered that consumers have a sweet tooth for gummy candy versions of their products. Lettering by Bráulio Amado Media Studies [25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going]( By THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE A curated playlist featuring Future, Kelela, Adele and more, with essays by Margo Jefferson, Wesley Morris, Angela Flournoy and others. Matilda Ellis/The Design School, Kingston University On Campus [What It’s Like to Have Your Parents Deported]( By PAOLA BENEFO Two weeks before finals in 2015, I learned my mother might be deported. The same thing had happened to my father three years before.  Political Science [Who Wins and Who Loses Under Republicans’ Health Care Plan]( By KEVIN QUEALY AND MARGOT SANGER-KATZ Maps comparing tax credits under the Affordable Care act and those in the plan House Republicans recently released across groups of incomes and ages. Anna Parini Race Relations [When ‘Black Like Me’ Means ‘White Like Them’]( By BOLUWAJI OGUNYEMI A Canadian doctor recalls a lesson from his pre-med education: how to deal with color-coded peer pressure. ADVERTISEMENT  Sally Deng Adulting [Ping-Pong as the Fountain of Youth]( By WENDY LYONS SUNSHINE Ping-Pong, or table tennis as it is officially known, is one of the fastest racket sports, requiring muscular and cardiorespiratory endurance. [A clerk at Walmart helping a customer. The job of counter clerk has become more male and is an example of how more minority men are moving into lower-status jobs once mostly done by women.]( Chang W. Lee/The New York Times ICYMI [More Men Are Taking ‘Women’s’ Jobs, Usually Disadvantaged Men]( By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Research shows that the men moving into traditionally female jobs tend to be disadvantaged in terms of race and class. Get more [NYTimes.com newsletters »]( | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and NYTimes apps for just $1 a week. [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 2017 The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018