The US prison system (aka the “US prison industrial complex“) is clearly absurd. Not only does it have the highest incarceration rate of any country…
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It Probably Wasn’t Fake News
I just read an article about the 2016 election that argued two things: First, fake news probably had very little effect on election outcomes. And…
The Insanity and Injustice of College Sports
The Atlantic has an interesting opinion piece called College Sports Are Affirmative Action for Rich White Students. In the US it is quite common for…
Thursday, 06.02.2020 – Educated Fools
Link of the day: Why Democratic Leaders Still Misunderstood the Politics of Social Class The Democratic Party has a fundamental problem: Almost none of its…