Via BuzzFeed. This Teacher Taught His Class A Powerful Lesson About Privilege by Nathan W. Pyle BuzzFeed Staff I once saw a high school teacher lead a simple, powerful exercise to teach his class about privilege and social mobility. He started by giving each student a scrap piece of paper and asked them to crumple it … Read More
Via The New York Times. Trump Administration Erases Transgender Civil Rights Protections in Health Care By Margot Sanger-Katz and Noah Weiland A rule finalized on Friday by the Department of Health and Human Services means that the federal government no longer recognizes gender identity as an avenue for sex discrimination in health care. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration … Read More
Via The New York Times. How Society Pays When Women’s Work Is Unpaid By Claire Cain Miller In countries around the world, the ways in which men and women spend their time are unbalanced. Men spend more time working for money. Women do the bulk of the unpaid work — cooking, cleaning and child care. This … Read More
Via American Theatre. The Science of Mattering: How to Gauge Theatre’s Impact Can theatre’s intrinsic value to audiences be measured? Three new studies point the way. BY ANTHONY RHINE In the middle part of the last century, the nation’s big advertising firms started hiring behavioral experts with Ph.D.s in psychology under the assumption that advertising might be … Read More
Via AlterNet. 20 Ways Not to Be a Gentrifier Written by Dannette Lambert / AlterNet Gentrification is the word of the day. As the wealthiest in this country flock to major metropolitan centers like San Francisco and New York, and the rest get pushed out into the margins, many people are asking, “Am I a gentrifier? Is it … Read More
Via The Modesto Bee. How Kaepernick, Other Celebrities are Addressing COVID-19’s Racial Disparity BY TANASIA KENNEY APRIL 17, 2020 04:39 PM This article has Unlimited Access. For more coverage, sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter. To support our commitment to public service journalism: Subscribe Now. Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is among a handful of celebrities … Read More
