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Six lessons from the misreporting of the health-care decision »

newyorker:

…then there is the matter of how we learned about the decision—and the media reports, notably by CNN and Fox News, that got it wrong. There are lessons there, several of which were drawn out in a seven-thousand-word post Tom Goldstein, of SCOTUSblog, wrote about how the story unfoldedbetween 10:06 and 10:15 A.M. E.T. on Thursday, June 28th. Some of them we already know—for example, that SCOTUSblog itself did an exemplary job. But there’s more, too, with some conclusions that go beyond this case.

Click-through for six lessons to take away from the misreporting: http://nyr.kr/Mgu6VR

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Victoria Pynchon »

I’m sharing most of my negotiation and dispute resolution material on my Facebook page so please “friend” me with a note about who you are.

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Black Girl Dangerous: How To Be A Reverse-Racist: An Actual Step by Step List For Oppressing White People »

blackgirldangerous:

by A.D Song and Mia McKenzie

White people who are confronted with their white privilege and the white supremacist acts they perpetuate have been known to cry, “You’re being a reverse-racist!” That is completely true: people of color have the power and control to create, perpetuate,…

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"A is for A-hole" - Interview with Author Victoria Pynchon »

Edwin Duterte of TheViralPublicity interviews Author Victoria Pinchon, who wrote “The Grownups’ ABC’s of Conflict Resolution”. The book is a primer on the way in which disputes develop a

“Not being racist is not some default starting position. You don’t simply get to say you’re not a racist; not being racist — or a sexist or a homophobe — is a constant, arduous process of unlearning, of being uncomfortable, of eating crow and being humbled and re-evaluating. It’s probably hard to start that process if you’ve been told that every thought you have is golden and should be given voice, and that people who are offended by what you say are hypersensitive simpletons.”

barackobama:

In which President Obama gives a fifth-grader the best absence note ever.

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some of my favorite stories too - salinger »

newyorker:

For the first post in a series where we ask New Yorker writers what book they have revisited most often, Maile Meloy writes on J.D. Salinger’s, “Nine Stories”: http://nyr.kr/Lb0Yza

(Source: newyorker.com)

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theawl:

peachtreekeen:

Top: 14th @ Peachtree Street, Atlanta, 1968.

Bottom: “Former hippies gather for a re-creation of the Summer of Love photograph. The area is now dominated by glass towers and corporate power,” 1987.

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