Friday, August 20, 2021

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Have You Heard

  • Democracy and Public Education: A Future in Peril

    TweetIn state after state, GOP lawmakers are privatizing education and curbing democracy by changing the rules about how votes are cast and counted. Which raises an urgent question. Why are the same states that are rolling back democracy...

    9 days ago

  • College Behind Bars: the Case for Higher Education in Prison

    TweetIt’s the episode we’ve been looking forward to all year! Meet the winner of the 2021 Have You Heard Graduate Student Research Contest: Patrick Conway. When you listen to this episode, you’ll understand exactly why Patrick claimed...

    a month ago

  • Not Your Parents’ School Desegregation

    TweetFive decades after Boston’s bitter battles over busing helped stall the push for school desegregation, the issue is once again a policy priority in Massachusetts. What happened? Chalk it up to a generational shift, a racial reckoning...

    2 months ago

Chicago Boyz

  • Afghanalysis

    There is no shortage of facile commentary about this disaster. It grabs attention like a bad car wreck, but attention and insight are two very different things. This post will mostly be a list of “dont’s,” gaps in our current knowledge...

    a day ago

  • Schools

    I am going to be stern here at times. I am (mostly) kidding. Maybe I should have waited to the end to tell you that. The brilliant Scott Siskind* has a new post at Astral Codex Ten, Kids Can Recover From Missing Even Quite A Lot of School about how much...

    2 days ago

  • Looking Back on the Biden Ten Year Plan

    (An Ode to Lionel Shriver) —- Back in 2021 President Biden reiterated that his proposals, unprecedented in scope and expense, represented an investment in the future with extraordinary returns that could only be evaluated over the longer...

    3 days ago

Centinel2012

The BRAD BLOG

  • The Blame Game: 'BradCast' 8/20/2021

    Back in the 1960's there was a hit novelty song called "The Name Game." Well these days, I feel like we're living in the middle of The Blame Game! But the mainstream, corporate media is pointing at JOE! If you got all your news from the major networks...

    2 hours ago

  • The Brainwashed Right's Newest Culture War Hill to (Literally) Die On: 'BradCast' 8/19/2021

    We've got quite a few updates on a number of stories we've been covering of late on The BradCast. Some of them not necessarily happy and others quite astounding. As well as some mainstream media failure, and other news from this seemingly endless...

    a day ago

  • 'Green News Report' - August 19, 2021

    IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Desperation deepens in Haiti; Flash floods slam North Carolina; Unstoppable wildfires across the globe; Wildfire smoke linked to higher COVID death rates; PLUS: Biden EPA finally bans toxic pesticide linked to...

    a day ago

bluebird of bitterness

BlackListed News

Research Digest

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • The Messy History of Emily Dickinson's Black Cake Recipe

    In the dark pandemic days of last December, 667 people gathered on a video call to celebrate Emily Dickinson’s birthday—and her black cake. Participants were invited to bake the recipe before the gathering, and many appeared on camera...

    4 hours ago

  • Mundolingua in Paris, France

    Mundolingua is a quirky museum of world languages, linguistics, and pedagogy tucked away in a corner of one of the more chic neighborhoods in Paris. At first glance, it looks more like an office or unusual storefront than a museum. Mundolingua...

    7 hours ago

  • Gaze on Ghostly Portraits of North America’s Wild Edibles

    Jimmy Fike is on his way to a campsite when I call him. “Jeez, a lady almost hit me. I'm driving,” he says offhandedly. But unlike most of us, if Fike’s car broke down or if he wandered a bit too far from his campsite, he could likely eat his way...

    7 hours ago

Accidental Deliberations

  • Musical interlude

    Tove Lo - Sweettalk My Heart

    43 minutes ago

  • Friday Morning Links

    Assorted content to end your week.- Kai Kupferschmidt discusses how the Delta variant has caused responsible governments to radically change their response to the COVID in the face of increased risks - and how we can expect future variants...

    10 hours ago

  • On time-shifting

    There's been some discussion about parts of Canada's federal election campaign which are surfacing somewhat earlier than usual - ranging from party platforms (with the notable exception of the Libs'), to typical late-campaign scare tactics...

    a day ago
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