Harper's Magazine
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
· July 7, 2020 The below letter will be appearing in the Letters section of the magazine’s October issue. We welcome responses at letters@harpers.org Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial. Powerful protests for racial and social justice are leading to overdue demands for police reform, along with wider calls for greater equality and […] · Shared by 175, including Simon Hix, Richard Dawkins, Judd Legum, Hrag, Charles Duhigg, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Hiroko Tabuchi, Scott Galloway, Kara Swisher, @jason, Jean-François Gariépy 🧬, Mathew Ingram, Christina Hoff Sommers, Alice Wong 王美華, Jay Rosen, Joshua Benton, Paul Graham, Matt Goodwin, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Niall Ferguson
The Guardian
The Guardian view on Israel and annexation: unlawful, unwise
2 min · · Editorial: Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans will compound the suffering of Palestinians. International condemnation should be accompanied by consequences · Shared by 9, including Rick Powell
jonathanrosenbaum.net
A Few Thoughts about a Rant (& the rant itself)
· 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… · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
The New York Times
The Police Are Rioting. We Need to Talk About It.
5 min · · It is an attack on civil society and democratic accountability. · Shared by 33, including Jennifer Ouellette, Rick Powell, Carly, NYTimes Communications
Visual Capitalist
11 Cognitive Biases That Influence Political Outcomes
18+ min · · Humans are hardwired to make mental mistakes called cognitive biases. Here are common biases that can shape political opinion, and even elections. · Shared by 129, including LARRY ELKAN, Antonio Vieira Santos, Steve Case, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, George J Huba PhD, Prof. Sally Eaves, Jeffrey Flier, Steven Pinker, Rick Powell, Phillip Murphy
Vox
The agonizing story of Tara Reade
14+ min · · I started reporting on Tara Reade’s story a year ago. Here’s what I found, and where I’m stuck. · Shared by 49, including Sarah Kliff, Ezra Klein, Annie Lowrey, Rick Powell
adbusters.org
Digital Bill of Rights
1 min · · 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… · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
youtube.com
Krystal Ball: Previewing the hellish future of a Biden administration
· 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 · · Within weeks, 16 people related to "super-spreading" events had confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus and three had died. · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
Guernica Magazine
Push Play
7 min · · It is now mostly unclear why I thought it was a good idea to bring Dolly Parton’s Greatest Hits to school with me. · Shared by 96, including Rob Weinert-Kendt, Rick Powell
Flourish
Covid vs. US Daily Average Cause of Death
· A Flourish data visualisation by Robert Martin · Shared by 58, including Korben, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Arin Basu, Tomas Pueyo, Mathew Ingram, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Rick Powell, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, trudy, Dr. Kiki Sanford
Boston Review
Fighting for Public Health
10 min · · 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. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
American Enterprise Institute
National coronavirus response: A road map to reopening
· Shared by 77, including Christina Hoff Sommers, Max Niederhofer, Bill Johnston, Noah Smith, Hampus Jakobsson, Kai Kupferschmidt, Balaji, Brian Roemmele, Nicolas Granatino🌻, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Elad Gil, Rick Powell, Jeffrey Flier, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Caitlin Rivers
New York Magazine
America Is Broken
7 min · · We are seeing the collapse of civic authority and public trust at what is only the beginning of a protracted crisis. · Shared by 124, including David Wallace-Wells, Matthew Holt, LoriBeth, Making Sense Podcast, Rick Powell, Eric Topol, Tristan Harris, Steve Silberman, Jochen Burkhard, Jerry Saltz
The Atlantic
How the Pandemic Will End
20+ min · · 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. · Shared by 1328, including Phil (SubStack link in bio) Plait, William Gibson, Food Babe, David Wallace-Wells, Ezra Klein, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Matt Goodwin, Paul Graham, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Marc Lipsitch, Jeff Atwood, Guy Kawasaki, Eric Topol, Hiroko Tabuchi, Tim Harford, Tomas Pueyo, Alexis C. Madrigal, Jay Rosen, Steve Silberman