Most US Professors Are Trained at Same Few Elite Universities
Nature
‘Jarring’ study reveals hiring bias at US institutions.
Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann: Champion Vows To Say More on Cheating Scandal
BBC
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has promised to say more "very soon" on the cheating scandal rocking the game.
John Roberts’s Long Game
The Atlantic
Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?
W. E. B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction Is Essential Reading
Jacobin
W. E. B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction in America is one of the greatest modern studies of revolution and counterrevolution. It’s also an extraordinary example of a materialist and class analysis of race under capitalism.
Andor Examines How Capitalism and Authoritarianism Make an Empire
CBR
Star Wars: Andor's first episodes on Disney+ eschew the familiar signs of the Empire in favor of some private corporation - which is part of the plan.
Montrose-Area Starbucks Becomes First Houston Location To Unionize
Houston Public Media
In an 11-3 vote, workers at the Starbucks on South Shepherd near West Alabama in Houston voted to form a union on Thursday.
How Bill Gates and Partners Used Their Clout To Control the Global COVID Response — With Little Oversight
Politico
Four health organizations, working closely together, spent almost $10 billion on responding to Covid across the world. But they lacked the scrutiny of governments, and fell short of their own goals, a POLITICO and WELT investigation found.
Friday Nite Videos | August 19, 2022
Portside
Exploring the Deep Mystery of Life's Origins. MAGA (a Parody of 'My Girl'). Why Tracking White Supremacy Is Crucial to Combating It. Why Are Baristas Leading the Labor Movement? U.S. 'Waited and Watched' as Cuba Fought Deadly Blaze
Exploring the Deep Mystery of Life's Origins
An evolutionary biochemist at University College London explores the mystery of how life evolved on Earth. His hypothesis illuminates the outsized role that energy may have played in shaping evolution.
MAGA (a Parody of 'My Girl')
“My Girl” words and music copyright © 1964 by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White. Parody lyrics copyright © 2021 by Roy Zimmerman and Melanie Harby.
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