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The Electoral College Is Also a Climate Problem
As Published in The Atlantic on SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 Peter Beinart Professor of journalism at the City University of New York In a speech yesterday, Joe Biden condemned Donald Trump’s handling of the wildfires devastating the American West and pledged to “put our nation on the road to net-zero emissions by no later than…
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The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That’s Made the U.S. Less Secure
People await help with unemployment claims at an event in Tulsa, Okla., on July 24 Joseph Rushmore—The New York Times/Redux IDEAS BY NICK HANAUER AND DAVID M. ROLF SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 9:30 AM EDT Hanauer is an entrepreneur and a venture capitalist, the founder of the public-policy incubator Civic Ventures, and the host of the podcast Pitchfork Economics. Rolf…
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Lifting the veil: Why children are still getting married in America
By Lucy Anna Gray, As published in the The Independent•September 11, 2020 Donna Pollard first met her future husband when she was 14 years old. She was a patient at a Kentucky mental health facility, dealing with the death of her father. He was her 29-year-old health worker. Donna had a difficult childhood and…
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Black newborns more likely to die when looked after by White doctors
As reported By Rob Picheta, CNN Updated 4:40 AM ET, Thu August 20, 2020 (CNN)–Black newborn babies in the United States are more likely to survive childbirth if they are cared for by Black doctors, but three times more likely than White Babies to die when looked after by White doctors, a study has found. The…
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Boys & Girls Clubs releases review of child sex abuse prevention
Originally published by the CT Post By Hannah Dellinger , Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Local affiliates of Boys & Girls Clubs of America do not uniformly respond to reports of sexual misconduct according to a third-party review of the organization’s policies made public Tuesday. While the organization has enhanced policies to prevent abuse over the years, its programming…
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When a Brand Stands up for Racial Justice, Do People Buy It?
Originally published by Harvard Business Review by Geeta Menon and Tina Kiesler on July 31, 2020 “In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” -Angela Davis, American political activist, academic, author Recent protests demanding social justice and the affirmation of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement have provoked a…
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Is Economic Inequality Really a Problem?
By Samuel Scheffler Dr. Scheffler is a professor of philosophy. As published in the New York Times on July 1, 2020 It is impossible to ignore the stark disparities of income and wealth that prevail in this country, and a great many of us are troubled by this state of affairs. But is economic inequality really…
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A 911 call, a racial slur, a refusal to cash a check. This is what it’s like for some Black bank customers
By Faith Karimi, CNN Updated 10:41 AM ET, Thu July 2, 2020 (CNN)–Paul McCowns walked into an Ohio bank clutching his first paycheck from a new job at an electric company. But instead of cashing the check worth about $1,000, the teller called 911. As he walked out of the Huntington Bank branch in Brooklyn empty-handed, an…
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Authorities see spike in reports of child porn during COVID-19 crisis
As reported by ABC30.com By Nathalie Granda Saturday, May 30, 2020 FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — The nature of the COVID-19 pandemic is providing a platform for predators. With more people online and at home, authorities are getting dozens of tips regarding child pornography. The Internet Crimes against Children Task Force helps several law enforcement agencies,…
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‘A national disgrace’: 40,600 deaths tied to US nursing homes
Marisa KwiatkowskiTricia L. NadolnyJessica PriestMike Stucka As reported on June 2, 2020 in USA TODAY The Feb. 29 death of a Washington state nursing home resident signaled a warning to long-term care facilities throughout the country. The coronavirus was no longer a specter; it was here and it could sweep through a vulnerable population, leaving…
