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26 Writers. Four Women. None Black. It's Time to Banish the Western Canon.
4 min · · It's 2019. Why are women writers still relegated to the back seat? · Shared by 26, including Liam Bright, Dr Catherine Breslin
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
Why South African law on directors’ delinquency is open to abuse
4 min · · For the first time in South African company law, courts can declare directors delinquent. This new remedy must not be abused by those with the power to use it.
The Washington Post
Black teens were fundraising for their football team. Then a white woman held them at gunpoint, police say.
· The woman forced them to lie on the ground and threatened to shoot if they moved, the boys told police. · Shared by 18, including Deborah Blum, Noah Toly, Scott McLeod
Los Angeles Times
Column: Johnson & Johnson got hit for a $572-million opioid verdict. Why did its stock go up?
4 min · · Here's why Johnson & Johnson's $572-million court judgment looks like good news for investors. · Shared by 14, including Deborah Blum
The Washington Post
Opinion | The New York Times omits mention of race from its history of the tea party
· Newspaper amplifies its original look back at the anti-Obama movement to add important context. · Shared by 12, including Deborah Blum
VentureBeat
YouTube disables 210 channels tied to Hong Kong disinformation campaigns
1 min · · Google's YouTube is the latest digital platform to confirm it has been manipulated to spread disinformation about the Hong Kong protests. · Shared by 17, including Chris O'Brien, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Esquire
Dave Karpf On Calling Bret Stephens a 'Bedbug' and Free Speech
4 min · · This, after embarrassing himself on Twitter and on national television. · Shared by 58, including Yvette d’Entremont (@thescibabe.bsky.social), Bjorn Larsen, trudy, Jonathan Eisen, Steve Silberman, Deborah Blum, Chris O'Brien, Jeff Atwood
reason
'I'm Radioactive'
20+ min · · Journalist Jonathan Kaiman is one of the least famous, least powerful men to be brought down by the #MeToo movement. A year later, the fallout continues. · Shared by 31, including Christina Hoff Sommers, Benedict Evans, Jonathan Haidt
BuzzFeed News
How Donald Trump Has Used A Secretive Justice System To Keep Lawsuits Against Him Quiet
12+ min · · Trump, his campaign, and his companies have used arbitration to try to move potentially damaging and embarrassing claims out of the public court process. · Shared by 13
The New York Times
Why American Prisons Owe Their Cruelty to Slavery
6 min · · Our criminal justice system is still shaped by a fear of black people and a taste for violent punishment born on the plantation. · Shared by 20, including Scott McLeod, Skoll Foundation, sarajo, Phin Barnes, ACLU
BuzzFeed News
Insurance Companies Are Paying Cops To Investigate Their Own Customers
20+ min · · A cozy alliance between insurers and law enforcement has turned the justice system into the industry’s hired gun and left innocent customers facing prison. · Shared by 28, including ashley 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦, Bjorn Larsen, Mathew Ingram, Virginia Hughes
Longreads
The Reluctant Propagandist
17+ min · · Massood Sanjer, Afghanistan’s most famous radio host, had an unlikely start to his career as a beacon of free speech. Under the Taliban rule, his voice used to carry Taliban propaganda all over the… · Shared by 24, including Howard Getson
The New York Times
Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans?
20+ min · · A high-profile lawsuit against Harvard is forcing students and their families to choose sides. · Shared by 35, including Nancy, Philanthropy News Digest, Ricky Yean
The Guardian
From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how the prison economy works
18+ min · · The long read: When economic freedoms are taken away, informal markets will always find new and ingenious ways to satisfy demand · Shared by 59, including Jochen Burkhard, Max Harlow, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Howard Getson, Jane, Jeff Atwood, Bruno Skvorc 🦞 | bruno.eth, Olly Wainwright
Aeon+Psyche
Let us now stop praising famous men (and women)
4 min · · Excessive praise can make the wealthy and powerful act badly, but blame puts them on notice and reinforces good behaviour · Shared by 36, including Matthias Lampe, David V. Johnson, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Dr Skye Cleary, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D.
The New York Times
I’m a Black Feminist. I Think Call-Out Culture Is Toxic.
6 min · · There are better ways of doing social justice work. · Shared by 44, including Rick Powell, danah boyd, Tiffany Shlain, M.J. Crockett, Scott Galloway, zeldman