Alzheimer's disease affects more than 6 million Americans and a disproportionate number are Black. NPR science correspondent Jon Hamilton explains why Black Americans may be at higher risk, and how diversifying Alzheimer's research could lead to a better understanding of the disease in Black Americans, and new treatments for everyone.
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NBN Book of the Day - Monica D. Fitzgerald, “Puritans Behaving Badly: Gender, Punishment, and Religion in Early America” (Cambridge UP, 2020)
The Puritans of Early America did not start out with gendered society and piety. Instead, Monica D. Fitzerald suggests, growing tensions between lay men and clergy over what was perceived as a feminized piety led toward a gradual separation of masculinity and femininity into distinct spheres. In Puritans Behaving Badly: Gender, Religion, and Punishment in Early America (Cambridge UP, 2020), Fitzgerald presents original research in the church disciplinary records of censure cases among Puritan congregations in the first three generations of American Puritanism. The records tell a fascinating story about how, even though the Puritan ministers advocated a holistic spirituality that was at once inwardly pietistic and externally dutiful, the lists of sins and confessions recorded in the chronicles of church discipline cases indicate that only men were being held accountable for sins of duty and honor, and only women for sins of personal spirituality and heart religion. Filled with vivid tales of squabbles, rifts, and deadly rivalries, Fitzgerald's book is sure to fascinate and delight readers interested in the development of religion and culture in early America. Follow Monica on Twitter (@mofitz66), or visit her book page on Cambridge Core.
Ryan David Shelton (@ryoldfashioned) is a social historian of British and American Protestantism and a PhD researcher at Queen’s University Belfast.
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The NewsWorthy - One Year Ago Today, Building a Moon Base & ‘Staycation’ Money- Thursday, March 11th, 2021
The news to know for Thursday, March 11th, 2021!
We're talking about:
- how life drastically changed one year ago today when the pandemic was officially declared
- what made it into the final version of the COVID-19 relief bill about to become law
- which countries plan to build on the moon
- how some colleges are handing spring break this year
- the one thing Amazon refuses to do when it comes to library books
All that and more in around 10 minutes...
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes to read more about any of the stories mentioned.
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Sources:
One Year Since Pandemic Declared: AP, WaPo, NY Times
COVID Relief Bill Passes: WaPo, Axios, WSJ, Politico, President Biden
Merrick Garland Confirmed as AG: Politico, WSJ, WaPo
U.S. Sanctions Myanmar: Bloomberg, Reuters, Al Jazeera, State Dept.
10 Years Since Japan Triple Disaster: WSJ, Reuters, AP, Al Jazeera
China, Russia to Build Moon Base: AP, WaPo, NPR, China Space Agency
All Adults Eligible for Vaccine in Alaska: ABC News, FOX News, CNBC
Smithsonian Getting Covid-19 Vaccine Artifacts: The Verge, CNN, Smithsonian, Museum’s Digital Portal
UC Davis Offering ‘Staycation’ Money: LA Times, ABC News, KTVU, UC Davis
Amazon Withholds Digital Books from Libraries: WaPo, The Verge
Thing to Know Thursday: Summer Camps Reopening: AP, WSJ, KPRC, American Camp Association
What A Day - Giving Vax And Taking Names
Today marks one year since the World Health Organization officially called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. The US vaccination effort offers a glimpse of hope, though, with the total number of fully vaccinated Americans now exceeding the number of reported cases we've had nationwide.
We spoke with Sana Khan, a PhD student at the University of Arizona who is also a vaccination site volunteer, to get a better sense of what things look like on the ground, and what the 1-year mark means to her.
And in headlines: Arkansas outlaws abortion in all cases except when the pregnant person's life is at risk, Russia slows down Twitter domestically, and celebs are living the good unmasked life in Oz.
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The Daily Signal - Rep. Andy Biggs Says Follow the Science, Open Schools
It’s past time to open schools, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., says.
“The percentages for teachers or students is really, really low,” Biggs says of the risk of contracting COVID-19. “In Florida, they’re playing sports.”
“The flip side of it, of course, is this isolation, this online learning, this basic lockdown for these kids is producing greater suicide rates, higher depression rates,” Biggs says. “And something like half of all the adolescents and young adults have experienced some suicidal ideation that they had never had before. That’s a result of these school lockdowns, which don’t follow the science and they don’t make sense.”
The third-term congressman from Arizona joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss reopening during the pandemic, as well as to weigh in on the crisis at the southern border.
We also cover these stories:
- The situation at the U.S.-Mexico border isn’t a crisis but a “full-blown disaster,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says.
- The Senate votes to confirm Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Arkansas is now of the most pro-life states in the nation.
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Talk Python To Me - #307: Python from 1994 to 2021, my how you’ve grown!
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Tech Won't Save Us - Is Bill Gates a “Good” Billionaire? w/ Tim Schwab
Paris Marx is joined by Tim Schwab to discuss how Bill Gates wields his wealth to shape public policy, the many conflicts of interest of Bill and his Foundation, and how legitimate criticism of power is being positioned as conspiracy.
Tim Schwab is an investigative journalist whose recent work on the Gates Foundation has been published by The Nation, the Columbia Review of Journalism, and the British Medical Journal. Follow Tim on Twitter as @TimothyWSchwab.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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Also mentioned in this episode:
- Tim wrote about the Gates Foundation’s conflicts of interest, in particular during the pandemic. He also wrote about how Gates’ funding of media and health data produces accountability and transparency problems.
- Paris had a viral thread about Gates’ intervention in the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, after which an interview said it was a conspiracy theory.
- After getting the rights to the Oxford vaccine, AstraZeneca ran into trouble in clinical trials.
- The Associated Press found three factories in Bangladesh alone that could be producing vaccines if patent protections were waived.
- The Mail and Guardian in South Africa published an article on Bill Gates’ complicity in vaccine apartheid and the author’s Twitter account was locked for tweeting about it.
- In 2015, Thomas Piketty talked to the BBC about the problems with billionaire philanthropy.
Cato Daily Podcast - End the National Security Free Pass for Presidential Meddling in Trade
The Trump administration made extensive use of national security justifications for restricting trade. It's time for the law that allows it to go. Inu Manak and Scott Lincicome comment.
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Curious City - A History Of Chicago Music Venues With Musician Andrew Bird
This week on the Curious City podcast we revisit a live show reporter Monica Eng hosted in early 2020 with Do312Chicago and singer-songwriter Andrew Bird. The violin playing, whistling musician asked us to tell him more about the history of some Chicago venues where he’s performed. We learn a fraternal lodge used to make their home in the Metro building in Wrigleyville. The Lyric Opera House historian ruins some of Monica’s favorite architectural gossip while busting some of the building’s famous myths. Plus, we hear about the gangster and working class roots of the 150 year old Hideout in Lincoln Park.
Serious Inquiries Only - SIO282: Debunking the Latest ‘Campus Craziness’ Stories
If you're thinking "are they still doing this whole thing?" about 'campus craziness' then you're not alone. But fortunately Dr. Lindsey Osterman is here to do some debunking for us! Did a professor get fired for racist tweets? Did a research paper get retracted due to progressive outrage? Find out!
Links:
Jussim's blogpost, Articles on the Negy firing: Orlando Sentinel, NYT, pro-Negy article about it: Inside Sources Sources for the AlShebli retraction: Original article, Retraction note from the editors, Response, More Response: https://osf.io/ybfk6