The Top 5: Redshirting and Fulton, GA
Plus: beware cyberscamming
The Top 5 articles for your week:
“Redshirt the Boys” (The Atlantic)
Because Richard V. Reeves argues, “…public-school kids should have the same opportunities as private-school kids, and public-school officials should be able to have those conversations. As a matter of policy, the public schools that aren’t already flexible about school start should be made so—and I believe that, as the default, all states and school districts should enroll boys a year later than girls.”
“Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming” (Pro Publica)
Because age-old forced labor has turned to cyber scams.
“The Elusive Future of San Francisco’s Fog” (NYT)
Because when you think about it, an awful lot of cities base their fame, tourism industry, food industry, and much more on the basis of a predictable climate.
“What Will Become of ‘America’s Blackest City’?” (Politico Magazine)
Because “How South Fulton found itself in this predicament — its Black mayor openly at war with its all-Black city council, not to mention its Black former mayor and many of its more prominent citizens — is a story of the sometimes painful, unintended consequences of Atlanta’s fraught history of segregation, desegregation and resegregation. More than any other city in America, Atlanta has represented the promise of Black civil rights, but in South Fulton the fulfillment of that promise has birthed new, complicated problems. And as is so often the case, the roots of these problems can be traced in the major demographic shifts of the last two decades.”
“Johnson & Johnson and A New War on Consumer Protection” (New Yorker)
Because the cosmetic industry is very poorly regulated, and the corporate world has been watching how J&J defends itself against dozens of baby powder lawsuits and taking very detailed notes.
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