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May 6, 2018

How African-Americans Disappeared from the Kentucky Derby

Katherine Mooney The Conversation

The Kentucky Derby is closely intertwined with Black Americans’ struggles for equality,

May 6, 2018

N.S.A. Triples Collection of Data From U.S. Phone Companies

Charlie Savage The New York Times

The large and growing volume of data gathered shows that the N.S.A. continues to collect significant amounts of information about Americans’ phone and text messages after changes made by Congress in a 2015 law, the USA Freedom Act.

May 6, 2018

53,000 UC employees to strike May 7-9

Ally Russell The Aggie

AFSCME 3299 authorizes strike; nurses, healthcare workers to strike in solidarity

May 6, 2018

What ‘Westworld’ and Facebook Have in Common

Alyssa Bereznak The Ringer

The drama of data collection has made it to prestige TV

May 6, 2018

Cutting Taxes for the Middle Class and Shrinking the Deficit:

CTBA

Moving to a Graduated State Income Tax in Illinois. The state tax system would become fairer, more sustainable, and better for the Illinois economy. All that’s needed is the bipartisan political will.