1. Killing Dylann Roof
Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Obama administration’s decision to seek the death penalty for the Charleston shooter: “The hammer of criminal justice is the preferred tool of a society that has run out of ideas.”
2. At Baylor, the Real Story Isn’t Hypocrisy. It’s the Victims of Sexual Assault.
“... this is a story much larger than Ken Starr and Baylor. This story is about power, and money, and institutions that claim to be faith-based but refuse to stand for victims and against violence. … Yes. This story is about hypocrisy as well. But not the 'oh, how the mighty have fallen' hypocrisy that we consume like junk food or reality TV; it’s rather a hypocrisy that implicates all of us as we continue to relegate sexual abuse and assault to the shadows, unwilling to hear the stories and champion the care of victims.”
3. There’s a Software Used Across the Country to Predict Future Criminals. And It’s Biased Against Blacks.
Lives in the hands of algorithms —
4. An Interview with One of Aleppo’s Last Doctors
Last month, one of the last pediatricians in Aleppo was killed in an airstrike at a Doctors Without Borders supported hospital. Here, Der Spiegel talks with a friend, 30-year-old surgeon Osama Abo El Ezz: “I won't go. If we doctors leave, we are not only robbing the people of their chance to get medical treatment, but also of the hope that our city will survive.”
5. This Is What It’s Like to Grow Up in the Age of Likes, Lols, and Longing
A day in the life of a 13-year-old girl living in ‘the screen age.’
6. Is Washington Creating More Flints?
“Washington’s approach looks less like a rescue and more like a long, slow abandonment.”
7. Asian-American Actors Are Fighting for Visibility. They Will Not Be Ignored.
“The recent expansion of Asian-American roles on television has paradoxically ushered in a new generation of actors with just enough star power and job security to speak more freely about Hollywood’s larger failures.”
8. Study: Climate Change Linked to Heart Disease
A new 10-year study in six metro areas finds that “people who live near increased concentrations of particulate matter and nitrogen oxides have an accelerated rate of hardening of the coronary arteries, known as atherosclerosis — a type of heart disease that frequently leads to heart attacks.”
9. The Four Women Who Let the World Know About the Crises in Flint and Detroit
They’re protesting, marching, and going door-to-door to educate residents about the crises.
10. ‘Hot Young Widows Club’ Founder: It’s OK to Not Be OK When Someone You Love Dies
“'It’s always someone else until it’s you,' she says of the cancer, the miscarriage, any of the bad things that swiftly and irrevocably change a life and make Tuesday very different from Monday. 'And when it is, you’re going to be not fine and then fine and then not fine again.'”
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