The Guardian
The Guardian view on Israel and annexation: unlawful, unwise
2 min read · From 2020 · Editorial: Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans will compound the suffering of Palestinians. International condemnation should be accompanied by consequences
Reader View · Shared by 9, including Rick Powell
jonathanrosenbaum.net
A Few Thoughts about a Rant (& the rant itself)
From 2020 · Although I couldn’t bring myself to watch all of Trump’s rally speech in Tulsa last night, I did tune into the Fox channel enough times to catch the gist of most of it. I wanted to solve the mystery…
Reader View · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
The New York Times
The Police Are Rioting. We Need to Talk About It.
5 min read · From 2020 · It is an attack on civil society and democratic accountability.
Reader View · Shared by 33, including Jennifer Ouellette, Rick Powell, Carly, NYTimes Communications
Visual Capitalist
11 Cognitive Biases That Influence Political Outcomes
~18 min read · From 2020 · Humans are hardwired to make mental mistakes called cognitive biases. Here are common biases that can shape political opinion, and even elections.
Reader View · Shared by 129, including LARRY ELKAN, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Steve Case, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, George J Huba PhD, Dr. Sally Eaves #BHUSA #TechForGood, Jeffrey Flier, Steven Pinker, Rick Powell, Phillip Murphy
Vox
The agonizing story of Tara Reade
~14 min read · From 2020 · I started reporting on Tara Reade’s story a year ago. Here’s what I found, and where I’m stuck.
Reader View · Shared by 50, including Sarah Kliff, Ezra Klein, Annie Lowrey, Rick Powell
adbusters.org
Digital Bill of Rights
1 min read · From 2020 · A spectre is haunting you from behind your screen — the spectre of surveillance capitalism. It is high time that digital citizens, in the face of rampant techno-tyranny, openly mount a resistance to…
Reader View · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
youtube.com
Krystal Ball: Previewing the hellish future of a Biden administration
From 2020 · Krystal Ball discusses what a Joe Biden administration would mean to the progressive movement, blasts the New York Times' coverage of Virginia for its "progr...
Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
blockclubchicago.org
A Funeral To A Birthday Party To Church: Here’s How Coronavirus Spread In Chicago
5 min read · From 2020 · Within weeks, 16 people related to "super-spreading" events had confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus and three had died.
Reader View · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
Guernica Magazine
Push Play
7 min read · From 2020 · It is now mostly unclear why I thought it was a good idea to bring Dolly Parton’s Greatest Hits to school with me.
Reader View · Shared by 36, including Rob Weinert-Kendt, Rick Powell
Flourish
Covid vs. US Daily Average Cause of Death
From 2020 · A Flourish data visualisation by Robert Martin
Shared by 57, including Korben, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Arin Basu, Dr. Kiki Sanford, Mathew Ingram, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Rick Powell, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA #AI Next up: O'Reilly webin, 🪩🆃🆁🆄🅳🆈🪩, Tomas Pueyo
Boston Review
Fighting for Public Health
10 min read · From 2020 · The HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics are very different, but both reveal that the United States has never understood the connection between community and personal well-being.
Reader View · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
American Enterprise Institute
National coronavirus response: A road map to reopening
From 2020
Shared by 77, including Christina Sommers, Max Niederhofer, Bill Johnston, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, Hampus Jakobsson, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 1A #Metaverse #RuleTheWorld, Balaji Srinivasan, Caitlin Rivers, PhD, Nicolas Granatino 🌻, Kai Kupferschmidt, Elad Gil, Rick Powell, Jeffrey Flier, Brian Roemmele, Jeff Jarvis
New York Magazine
America Is Broken
7 min read · From 2020 · We are seeing the collapse of civic authority and public trust at what is only the beginning of a protracted crisis.
Reader View · Shared by 127, including Steve Silberman, Matthew Holt, Rick Powell, David Wallace-Wells, Jochen Burkhard, Sam Harris, Jerry Saltz, Tristan Harris, LoriBeth, Eric Topol
The Atlantic
How the Pandemic Will End
20+ min read · From 2020 · The U.S. may end up with the worst Covid-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.
Reader View · Shared by 1254, including Eric Topol, William Gibson, Matt Goodwin, David Wallace-Wells, Ezra Klein, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Food Babe, Sam Harris, Phil Plait, Marc Lipsitch, Jeff Atwood, Paul Graham, Guy Kawasaki, Hiroko Tabuchi, Tim Harford, Jay Rosen, Alexis C. Madrigal, Ed Yong, Steve Silberman
Caltech
The Tip of the Iceberg: Virologist David Ho (BS '74) Speaks About COVID-19
10 min read · From 2020 · The scientist who helped successfully combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic explains the science behind the novel coronavirus and looks toward the future of the world affected by COVID-19.
Reader View · Shared by 148, including John Nosta, Matthias Lampe, fnord, Rick Powell, Amesh Adalja, Tris Hussey, Mathew Ingram
