1. Standing Rock Activists Arrested … Oregon Militants Acquitted
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2. ISIS Executes 232 Near Mosul, Takes Thousands as Human Shields, UN Says
The move precedes the effort to retake Mosul. Read more, from our friends on the ground here.
3. Halloween Attractions Use Mental Illness to Scare Us. Here’s Why Advocates Say It Must Stop.
Here’s a good read before you head to some of those festivities this weekend.
4. In the Age of Trump, Muslim Voters Mobilize
A great look behind a nonpartisan Muslim voter turnout operation. “As non-partisans, we can’t endorse someone. So we’ll just listen. If they sound really passionate, ask them if they want to volunteer. That’s where they can put their passion.”
5. The Problem With How Higher Education Treats Diversity
How disadvantaged students are forced to commodify their backgrounds for the sake of college admissions.
6. Seriously?
People ignore facts and nothing matters. This American Life explores the weird world we live in right now.
7. The Gone Girl With the Dragon Tattoo on the Train
FiveThirtyEight, cracking the code behind publishing trends: “A number of patterns emerged in our analysis: The ‘girl’ in the title is much more likely to be a woman than an actual girl, and the author of the book is more likely to be a woman. But if a book with ‘girl’ in the title was written by a man, the girl is significantly more likely to end up dead.”
8. LifeWay Stops Selling Jen Hatmaker Books Over LGBT Beliefs
Evangelical Christian author and HGTV star Jen Hatmaker on Tuesday said LGBT relationships can be “holy” in an interview with Jonathan Merritt. The statements prompted far-right blogger Matt Walsh to write a fairly incoherent hit piece against Hatmaker in The Blaze. And yesterday, LifeWay decided to pull her books from the shelves because her statements “contradict LifeWay’s doctrinal guidelines.”
9. In Pop Culture, There Are No Bad Police Shootings
“Hollywood has promoted the very myths that result in our being shocked when we see an officer shoot a fleeing person or fire into a parked car, as well as an inflated narrative of valor that generates a near-automatic presumption of the guilt of those killed by police.”
10. The Yale Record Does Not Endorse Hillary Clinton
As a 501(c)3 organization, there are some rules against political endorsements. Here’s how the Record handled things.
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