The initial disparate responses of Facebook and Google mark a curious divergence in a long history of parallels. Though both companies have remained relatively steadfast in their own defense, the forked road may signify that tensions between Big Tech and government have reached a boiling point.
This book made me feel exactly the way I felt as a child when someone first told me, on some late starry night, that every star I was looking at was just a ball of fire, and all of it had come from some mysterious quantum fluctuation called the Big Bang. It’s beautiful, it’s simple, and it’s as close to a miracle as you’re likely to get.
In the end, Pérez Jiménez transformed the city, but he did not transform hearts and minds. Although the buildings still stand, his government’s legacy most certainly does not.
News media is not bereft of coverage about the workings of Congress, but there is little value in elevating fringe figures to frontpage status or featuring them in endless opinion pieces that drown out any substantial reporting on what the nation’s legislature is actually doing.
This is an argument in favor of breaks. An argument in favor of downtime, in favor of individuality, in favor of the idea that you are not just a transcript or a resume, that you are a whole person.
After a year of hardship, Harvard needs to encourage students to take advantage of the virtual format of internships, volunteer work, and summer school and allow for appropriate multiple sources of funding.
Sixteen percent of students replied that Harvard should be able to hire known racist or white supremacist teachers, often citing that cancel culture overuses and misuses these labels.
News media is not bereft of coverage about the workings of Congress, but there is little value in elevating fringe figures to frontpage status or featuring them in endless opinion pieces that drown out any substantial reporting on what the nation’s legislature is actually doing.
Much like the challenges that plagued the United States last year, many of the problems we are facing in 2021 will require us to find synergy between systems and perspectives that often clash — including between the public and private sectors, the individual and the greater population, and federal and state governments. Understanding these three sets of dynamics will ensure a better approach toward accelerating pandemic mitigation and recovery.
As Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine approaches the market, healthcare officials will face the dilemma of fairly allocating the less effective vaccine. Why would someone at high risk for severe COVID-19 complications want to take a slightly less protective product if a better option is readily available?
"Some people look at Trump as the voice they’ve never had in Washington. They look at him as someone who will fight for them, and they look at him as someone who won’t go along with the status quo in Washington. Is that the way I would do it? No. But that’s the way he does it, and his supporters appreciate it."
"In the future, we will need to make the case — and this will be up to your generation — why normal Americans should care about what’s happening in Syria, China, Hong Kong, or wherever. The world is interconnected, and we’ve got people in almost every city in the United States that either import items from other countries or sell goods to other countries. And so people have to understand that we are interconnected — and that is a good thing."
" For the Latinx community, which is very diverse both in thoughts and ideas, it’s making sure that whoever is representing the nation understands that the Latinx community is here to stay. And if we use our full political power, then neither of the two predominant political affiliations will be able to ignore us."
"Part of what we have to do is further democratize media, ensuring that progressive marginalized voices are more and more at the forefront. That means having more hosts, producers, writers, and content creators who not only reflect the backgrounds that we come from, but reflect the values of a more just world."
"With cities, leadership is real. It’s right on the ground; It’s literally and figuratively in your face. There’s no hiding. When you have fifteen inches of snow on the ground, you can’t make a speech and hope it goes away. If you’re at the supermarket, the barbershop, or walking down the street, people have things on their mind, and they want to talk to you. You have to listen. That’s a part of the job."
The initial disparate responses of Facebook and Google mark a curious divergence in a long history of parallels. Though both companies have remained relatively steadfast in their own defense, the forked road may signify that tensions between Big Tech and government have reached a boiling point.
In the end, Pérez Jiménez transformed the city, but he did not transform hearts and minds. Although the buildings still stand, his government’s legacy most certainly does not.
As the nation celebrates its independence this week, we must remember that while parties win by votes, nation-states win by survival — and that is what is on the table with Albin Kurti at the head.
At first glance, the relationship between the Canadian government and First Nations people may appear progressive, conciliatory, and apologetic. But under these symbolic gestures lies a federal reluctance to extend political sovereignty to all First Nations.
The arbitrary detention and enslavement of China’s Uyghur population is not some distant matter. It is directly intertwined with Western supply chains and consumer society through a vast network of state-sanctioned internment camps and forced-labor factories. It is about time we take action.
