52 books and 365 articles: August 2019

Saturday, August 31, 2019

THE WORKING HOMELESS

https://newrepublic.com/article/154618/new-american-homeless-housing-insecurity-richest-cities

CALIFORNIA PROVIDING TWO FREE YEARS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/459352-california-is-providing-first-time-students-with-2-years-of-free-tuition

Friday, August 30, 2019

FORESTS AND OXYGEN

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/amazon-fire-earth-has-plenty-oxygen/596923/?utm_source=feed

LA'S PUBLIC OPTION HEALTH INSURANCE

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/los-angeles-public-option-2020-democrats/597115/?utm_source=feed

THE HARD LIFE OF HOME HEALTH AIDES

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/8/21/20694768/home-health-aides-elder-care

Thursday, August 29, 2019

CONSEQUENCES OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ACCUSATIONS

https://reason.com/2019/08/23/im-radioactive/

EMERGENCE AND TRIBALISM

https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/giants.html

Sunday, August 25, 2019

ICE FAMILY DETENTION VERSUS BORDER PATROL HOLDING FACILITIES

The Washington Post: ICE’s chief called family detention ‘summer camp.’ Here’s what it looks like inside.. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/the-head-of-ice-called-family-detention-summer-camp-heres-what-it-looks-like-inside/2019/08/25/8f32609e-c679-11e9-b5e4-54aa56d5b7ce_story.html

SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PROPAGANDA AND ADVERTISING

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2019/08/dorothy-sayers-on-susceptibility-to.html?m=1

Saturday, August 24, 2019

COLLAPSE OF A RURAL HOSPITAL EMPIRE

https://khn.org/news/rural-hospital-empire-collapse-missouri-town-fallout-jorge-a-perez-empowerhms/

Friday, August 23, 2019

ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND HEALTH CARE COSTS

https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2019/08/uwe-reinhardt-had-remarkable-skill-that.html?m=1

RICHER US HOUSEHOLDS FUEL WEALTH WORK

https://www.apnews.com/4fb9e698a6d94f1d8269b5dd032b1333

IMPROVING WEALTH WORK

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2019/08/23/instead-of-bemoaning-wealth-work-make-it-better/

THE RISE OF WEALTH WORK

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2019/07/15/whos-employed-by-the-lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-famous/

SHIPPING THE HOMELESS OUT OF TOWN

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/dec/20/bussed-out-america-moves-homeless-people-country-study

Thursday, August 22, 2019

WHY HAWAII HAS LESS GUN VIOLENCE

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmjxqe/why-the-us-gun-violence-epidemic-hasnt-reached-hawaii

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

CHALLENGES RECYCLING PLASTIC

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/20/750864036/u-s-recycling-industry-is-struggling-to-figure-out-a-future-without-china?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Monday, August 19, 2019

LARGE COAL POWER PLANTS SHUTTING DOWN

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/and-now-the-really-big-coal-plants-begin-to-close/

ISRAELI VIEW ON THEIR RIGHT TO THE WEST BANK

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israels-right-to-the-west-bank/

CONTROLLING LIVING IN VEHICLES IN LOS ANGELES

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/19/751802740/amid-homelessness-crisis-los-angeles-restricts-living-in-vehicles?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

AFTERMATH OF IMMIGRATION RAIDS IN MISSISSIPPI

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/mississippi-ice-raids-dartmouth-sexual-harassment-christian-pulisic.html

Sunday, August 18, 2019

BOOK: AMERICANAH

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PREDICTION

https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-psychology-of-prediction/

THE CULT OF THE FANTASY PEDESTRIAN

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/8/14/the-cult-of-the-fantasy-pedestrian

VIOLENT CRIMES AND PRISON REFORM

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/14/what-democrats-get-wrong-about-prison-reform-227623

GIVING RIVERS LEGAL RIGHTS

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/8/18/20803956/bangladesh-rivers-legal-personhood-rights-nature

HOW ACCURATE ARE ICE DETERMINATIONS OF IMMIGRANT GANG AFFILIATIONS?

https://www.propublica.org/article/laura-pena-gang-database-the-case-that-made-an-ex-ice-attorney-realize-the-government-was-relying-on-false-evidence-against-migrants