How to Reduce Shootings (2017 Kristof piece that has been updated with new graphics and statistics.)
The Ally of Executioners: Pushkin, Brodsky, and the Deep Roots of Russian Chauvinism
David Bowie’s iconic ‘Let’s Dance’ video and its impact on Indigenous representation (39 years ago!)
28 percent of all Whites and half of conservative Whites affirm that “being a Christian is very important to being truly American.” many also “believe that defending and preserving a White and Christian America will require violence”
America’s best-selling cars and trucks are built on lies: The rise of fake engine noise
Why Is It So Hard to Be Rational? (TW: Pinker, Tyler Cowen - but worth reading anyway.)
Black farmers lost two-thirds of their agricultural land between 1950 and 1974 -as part of “a conscious policy to destroy the political power of the black vote.”
NYT Student Debt Editorial, Annotated by the Debt Collective
The Nightmare of Being a Surrogate Mother in the Ukraine War
Forest Rights Act: Odisha rejected thousands of Adivasis’ claims over land through the pandemic
Why Critics of Angry Woke College Kids Are Missing the Point
He Spurred a Revolution in Psychiatry. Then He ‘Disappeared.’
China: Weibo’s new location tag exposes the whereabouts of users, opinion leaders and tiny pinks