By Tomás Q. Morín
The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Decline Is a Choice, and We’ve Chosen It
Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake joins the program today to talk about America’s decision to scrap 20 years of work and progress in Afghanistan. Why it didn’t have to be this way, and what comes next for the United States.
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Headlines From The Times - A Black police officer opens up
Black police officers are facing new challenges in the current atmosphere around policing, especially in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the many demonstrations against police brutality that have taken place over the last 18 months.
In addition to heckling from activists on the streets, some of whom call them traitors, Black officers experience internal racism within the police department — which has always existed but has surfaced in new ways since last year’s protests began.
Today, Officer Michael Silva talks to L.A. Times reporter Kevin Rector about why he joined the Los Angeles Police Department, what he’s experienced and where he thinks we can go from here.
More reading:
For a Black LAPD officer, police reckoning brings pressure from protesters and fellow cops
In court, BLM says LAPD ‘failed completely’ to punish officers in protest abuses
Police Commission reinstates one of LAPD’s first Black officers, undoing 120-year-old injustice
CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 08/13
Some US troops head back to Afghanistan as Taliban forces move closer to the capital of Kabul. The FDA OK's booster shots for immune compromised patients. Inaugurating MLB's Field of Dreams. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | What’s Taking the FDA So Long?
Experts say that a “fully approved” designation for the vaccines could have sweeping effects. Broader vaccination mandates, inclusion for new age groups, and reassurance for those hesitant to take a vaccine without the designation. As calls for approval grow louder and more urgent, the Food and Drug Administration is yet to give its blessing. What’s happening inside the FDA as they work toward this milestone?
Guest: Sarah Owermohle, health care reporter at Politico
Host:
Lizzie O’Leary
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Thicket and boarding pass: travel’s tangle of rules
Restrictions are opaque, fickle and often illiberal—and it is not even clear how much they help curb the coronavirus. Chinese officials want to boost the economy of the province of Xinjiang, but our correspondent says plans predicated on repressing the Uyghur minority are unlikely to work. And bidding farewell to our work-and-management columnist, who still hates useless meetings.
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The Best One Yet - 🧑🎨 “The Da Vinci of Drive-Thru” — Taco Bell’s renaissance. Disney’s great experiment. Miami’s other money.
There’s a renaissance going on with Drive-Thrus, but Taco Bell just whipped up the ultimate masterpiece. Disney’s stock jumped 5% because it’s running The Great Streaming Experiment. And over in Miami, everyone’s talking about Bitcoin, even though they’re really thinking about Bonds.
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NBN Book of the Day - Hannah Wohl, “Bound by Creativity: How Contemporary Art Is Created and Judged” (U Chicago Press, 2021)
What is creativity? While our traditional view of creative work might lead us to think of artists as solitary visionaries, the creative process is profoundly influenced by social interactions even when artists work alone.
Hannah Wohl speaks with Pierre d’Alancaisez about Bound by Creativity: How Contemporary Art Is Created and Judged (U Chicago Press, 2021), her ethnographic study of the New York contemporary art scene that reveals how artists develop conceptions of their distinctive creative visions through experimentation and social interactions and how aesthetic judgment evolves between artist studios, galleries, art fairs, and collectors’ houses.
We mention Paula Cooper Gallery and the work of artists Lucky DeBellevue and Gina Beavers. The Armory Show takes place in NY in early September 2021.
Hannah Wohl is an assistant professor in sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Pierre d’Alancaisez is a contemporary art curator, cultural strategist, researcher. Sometime scientist, financial services professional.
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What A Day - What’s The Census In That?
The Taliban has taken over twelve provincial cities in Afghanistan, and U.S. intelligence officials estimate the country's capital Kabul could also fall within a few months. The takeovers have not affected the timeline of withdrawing U.S. troops from the country.
New Census data shows that diversity has grown quickly in the past decade with the greatest gains seen among people identifying as Hispanic, Asian, or multiracial. We spoke with Yurij Rudensky, redistricting counsel in the Brennan Center's Democracy Program, about how these numbers could be used and potential Republican gerrymandering.
And in headlines: the country's biggest teacher's union supports requiring vaccinations, blue hydrogen might not be all that clean, and a mayor in Japan bites an athlete's gold medal.
Show Notes:
Brennan Center for Justice: Redistricting – https://bit.ly/3CLp99p
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The NewsWorthy - Afghanistan Evacuations, More Diverse America & Metabolism Myths – Friday, August 13th, 2021
The news to know for Friday, August 13th, 2021!
We'll tell you about a crisis growing in Afghanistan. American citizens are now rushing to get out.
Also, a groundbreaking Census report that found the U.S. is becoming more diverse than ever.
Plus, a new study found metabolisms don't change as much as we think, the #FreeBritney movement has reason to celebrate, and the movie 'Field of Dreams' came to life.
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
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