Reading List #11 (Patreon)

1) Here Is the Worst Anti-Science BS of 2017 (Jeremy Schulman)

I had no clue experimental drugs were being given to death row prisoners, but I'm not surprised. "As Nathalie has explained, there was never much evidence behind the original “three-drug cocktail” that was supposed to make lethal injection painless and humane."

Medium

2) Two dogs in rural Virginia mauled their owner to death, authorities say. But why? (Kristine Phillips)

This was terrifying to read. "The young woman’s death shook Goochland, Va., a rural community about 30 miles outside of Richmond, and sent a barrage of phone calls, emails and online messages to the sheriff’s department. Agnew, the sheriff, said many were personal attacks against him. Others accused his department of not doing a thorough investigation, believing that there was no way Stephens’s dogs could’ve attacked her."

Medium

3) Ten Years of '2 Girls 1 Cup,' the Most Memorable Brazilian Shit on the Internet (Marie Declercq) 

Wow. A story with twists and turns and history. Do you remember where you were when you first saw 2 Girls 1 Cup? Do you remember who tricked you into watching it? I do. The video scarred me for life, but this article answered questions I didn't even know I had.

Long

4) Trump, The Insurgent, Breaks With 70 Years of American Foreign Policy (Mark Landler) 

Long

5) UN Gathers Horror Stories from Rohingya Women Fleeing Myanmar (Steve Sandford)

Devastation continues for the Rohingya in Myanmar. Somehow they continue to escape much thought in mainstream media. 

Medium

6) Power Causes Brain Damage (Jerry Useem) 

No way!

Medium

7) Cornel West: Neoliberalism Has Failed Us (Hope Reese)

If you were scratching your head the other day regarding tweets about "neoliberalism", Cornel West, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, this article will clear some things up for you. 

8) The Intrusion of White Families Into Bilingual Schools (Conor Williams)

"...If a two-way dual-immersion program helps generate middle-class interest in multilingualism, that dynamic could also undermine the program’s design and effectiveness."

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9) “THEY’LL HAVE TO DESTROY HIM”: Why Trump's Legal Team Will Turn on Flynn (Chris Smith)

Mueller, however, seems to have wisely anticipated such a chess move: by crafting a plea deal that basically guarantees Flynn won’t serve any time in jail, the special counsel reduced the temptation to not cooperate and be rewarded by a pardon.

Medium

10) Meet The Americans Who Live With Open Sewers In Their Yard (Catharine Smith)

Every week there are stories about gentrification, infrastructure renewal, growth, and more millionaires....and yet there are people (most of them of color) living in squalid conditions like the ones described in this article.

Long

11) Women Got ‘Married’ Long Before Gay Marriage (Erin Blakemoore)

"As women were viewed as devoted, asexual and gentle, it was acceptable for them to do things like kiss, hold hands or link arms, and openly express their affection for one another."

Medium

12) Forced out over sex, drugs and other infractions, fired officers find work in other departments (Kimbriell Kelly, Wesley Lowery and Steven Rich)

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