Lauren Hakimi, Salon.com

Lauren Hakimi

Salon.com

New York, NY, United States

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Recent:
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Past:
  • Salon.com
  • Gotham Gazette
  • Alma
  • New York Observer

Past articles by Lauren:

What our love for widower rom-coms says about our flawed search for love

The disturbing pattern seen in rom-coms from "Enchanted" and "The Sound of Music" to "The Nanny" and "The Holiday" → Read More

In First Two Mayoral Campaign Plans, Maya Wiley Takes on Preventing Gun Violence and Evictions

Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More

Claiming 'The Campaign of Ideas' in Mayoral Race, Shaun Donovan Releases Climate and Transit Plans

Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More

City Council Examines De Blasio Administration’s Efforts to Combat Unemployment

Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More

Democratic Mayoral Candidates Offer Ideas on Housing, Homelessness and NYCHA

Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More

House of Representatives Examines Census Data Anomalies and Risks to Accurate State Numbers

Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More

New York Leftists Strategize for the Post-Trump Era

Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More

Poll Workers on Their 2020 Training Experience in New York

Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More

The Deadline to Register to Vote is Friday; Here's How to Get Registered and Vote

Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More

How I Lost Shabbat — and How I Hope To Find It

There is almost nothing I don’t hate about having had to leave my dormitory in New York City and move back to the suburbs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the city, something was always happening — I could go grocery shopping and end up eating vegetarian empanadas at a fair with a friend or […] → Read More

‘Why We Drive’ Takes Aim at Self-Driving Vehicles and Other Threats to Car Culture

In 'Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road,' author Matthew Crawford forms an argument for the feeling of power and possibility that can only be attained by taking the wheel. → Read More

‘Shortlisted’ Is the Story of 9 Women Who Would Have Changed the Supreme Court

With lawyerly precision, 'Shortlisted' offers a comprehensive look at the history of women being selected—and rejected—to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. → Read More

Mother-Daughter Memoir ‘What We Carry’ Asks Readers Not to Judge

In ‘What We Carry,’ new mom Maya Shanbhag Lang finds motherhood more difficult than she’d bargained for, while daughterhood proves even harder than that. → Read More

Why the Quarantine Episode of ‘SNL’ Felt So Comforting

‘Saturday Night Live’ found its funny heart in the pandemic. → Read More

Everything You Need To Know About Loki

Here are all your questions about Marvel's 'Loki' starring Tom Hiddleston, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Owen Wilson, answered. → Read More

Everything You Need to Know About ‘WandaVision’

Here are all the details on Disney+'s upcoming series WandaVision starring Elizabeth Olsen, including cast and crew info and the comic-book stories the show could adapt. → Read More

HBO Is Turning ‘The Last of Us’ Into a TV Show. Here’s What We Know So Far.

HBO has announced that veteran writer Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann will adapt the PlayStation game The Last of Us for the small screen. → Read More

What We Know About ‘The Plot Against America’—HBO’s Alternate History for the Trump Era

“Never confuse Trump for Lindbergh,” author Philip Roth once told David Simon. → Read More

Larry David’s ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Lumbers Clumsily Into #MeToo

Curb Your Enthusiasm's first episode of Season 10, "Happy New Year," pits Larry David up against MAGA and #MeToo, but misses the mark. → Read More

Tesla Stock Soars Following Earnings Report, Despite Coronavirus Concerns

Shares of Tesla rose 11% Thursday morning for a peak of about $650 per share, as investors responded to the company’s Q4 earnings report released on Wednesday evening. → Read More