Month: April 2021

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 04/13

CDC and FDA recommend a pause in use of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. More protests over Minnesota police killing. Gunfire at a Tennessee school. President Biden looks for a deal on infrastructure. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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Time To Say Goodbye - Unionizing in an Amazon age

Greetings from Substack hell!

It’s just the three of us this week, talking about the union defeat in Bessemer, Alabama, labor history, and the future of organizing in an Amazon economy.

We discuss labor expert Jane McAlevey’s tactical post-mortem on the RWDSU campaign (rebuttals here and here), Tammy’s critique of McAlevey from last year, and Andy and Jay’s critiques of Tammy!

Plus, the divergent strategies of Amazonians United and Athena; media influence (or interference?); and how the PRO Act, some decent regulation, and a huge investment in organizing could transform the labor movement.

And finally, the economics of unionization in US history, the racial and geographic specificity of Bessemer, and the paradox of our current moment: a broad sympathy for labor paired with an almost unprecedented concentration of power by tech monopolies like Amazon.

Recommended: Lauren Kaori Gurley on Vice News Reports podcast, with an in-depth look at the union drive and the history of Bessemer. 

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Fission expedition: nuclear-site attack in Iran

An apparent act of sabotage at an Iranian nuclear site, blamed on Israel, has complicated the prospect of America returning to the 2015 nuclear deal; we ask what happens next. Many of Europe’s public-service broadcasters are being squeezed by populist movements and illiberal governments. How to keep them independent? And an effort to translate Latvia’s short but dense ancient poems.  For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S4 E15: Beerud Sheth, Gupshup

Beerud Sheth grew up in Mumbai, India, and attended undergrad in Bombay. For graduate school, he came to the states to study at MIT, and then did a short stint in Wall Street before moving into the entrepreneurial world.

He lives in the Bay Area, and enjoys hiking, working out and spending time with his family. He loves the Bay Area for these things, but also because of the community of ideation. The way he puts it, someone is always doing something interesting, and he really enjoys that. Besides business books, he leans towards reading biographies and books about the history of tech and business.

Previously, he founded Elance, which is now Upwork, pioneering online freelancing. Twelve or so years ago, he noticed a key insight, in that the mobile revolution was happening all around. Within this, the lowest common denominator was text messages, in that not everyone had a smart phone. This got him asking the question - how interesting can these experiences be?

This is the creation story of Gupshup.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Ancient Colors

When people from prehistory created the first works of art on the walls of caves, they used the colors that they found around them. Almost all of the early cave art is drawn in black or dark red. As time progressed, humans figured out how to create more colors and they began using them in more and different ways. However, some colors were very difficult to create and those who could do it became fabulously rich.

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The NewsWorthy - ‘Accidental’ Police Shooting, Chauvin’s Defense Begins & Self-Driving Pizza Robot- Tuesday, April 13th, 2021

The news to know for Tuesday, April 13th, 2021!

We have updates about:

  • why police say an officer killed a Black man during a traffic stop in Minnesota: what's heard in bodycam footage and how demonstrators are reacting
  • the CDC director calling out the state of Michigan with a specific message
  • the NCAA's stance on a controversial topic in sports
  • Microsoft going all-in on health care technology
  • a pizza delivery robot

Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Sources:

TN Student Shot, Killed: Knoxville News Sentinel, AP, CNN, Knox County Schools

MN Police Shooting Folo: Minneapolis Star Tribune, NY Times, AP, CNN, Fox News 

Chauvin Defense Starts Today: AP, WSJ, NBC News, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Fallen Capitol Officer to Lie in Honor: NPR, WaPo, Politico, USA Today

Latin American Troop Surge: Reuters, NY Times, AP

CDC Calls for Michigan Shut Down: CNBC, NY Times, The Hill

First Female Army Secretary Pick: Axios, Defense News, WSJ, White House

NCAA Backs Transgender Athletes: NBC News, Axios, NCAA

Microsoft Buys Speech Recognition Company: WSJ, CNBC, The Verge, Axios, Microsoft

Domino’s Testing Autonomous Deliveries: The Verge, Engadget, Forbes, Domino’s

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NBN Book of the Day - Karen Petrou, “Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America” (Wiley, 2021)

Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy placed much greater focus on stabilizing the market than on helping struggling Americans. As a result, the richest Americans got a lot richer while the middle class shrank and economic and wealth inequality skyrocketed. In Engine of Inequality, Karen Petrou offers pragmatic solutions for creating more inclusive monetary policy and equality-enhancing financial regulation as quickly and painlessly as possible. Instead of proposing legislation that would never pass Congress, the author provides an insider's look at politically plausible, high-impact financial policy fixes that will radically shift the equality balance. Offering an innovative, powerful, and highly practical solution for immediately turning around the enormous nationwide problem of economic inequality, this groundbreaking book: 

  • Presents practical ways America can and should tackle economic inequality with fast-acting results; 
  • Provides revealing examples of exactly how bad economic inequality in America has become no matter how hard we all work; 
  • Demonstrates that increasing inequality is disastrous for long-term economic growth, political action, and even personal happiness; 
  • Explains why your bank's interest rates are still only a fraction of what they were even though the rich are getting richer than ever, faster than ever; 
  • Reveals the dangers of FinTech and BigTech companies taking over banking; Shows how Facebook wants to control even the dollars in your wallet; and 
  • Discusses who shares the blame for our economic inequality, including the Fed, regulators, Congress, and even economists. 

Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America (Wiley, 2021) should be required reading for leaders, policymakers, regulators, media professionals, and all Americans wanting to ensure that the nation’s financial policy will be a force for promoting economic equality.

Stephen Pimpare is director of the Public Service & Nonprofit Leadership program and Faculty Fellow at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire.

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Short Wave - What Happens When The Tides Get Higher

(Encore episode.) As sea levels rise from climate change, coastal communities face a greater risk of chronic flooding. Climate scientist Astrid Caldas and her colleagues have looked at where it's happening now and where it could happen in the future as the tides keep getting higher.

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