Greg Brown's Weekend Reading and Other Things.... 07/20/2014

DEAR FRIEND.....

[Extensive newsletter content covering:]

• Summary and discussion of Michelle Alexander's book "The New Jim Crow" and mass incarceration in America, with statistics and analysis of racial disparities in the US criminal justice system.
• Incarceration trends, racial disparities, drug sentencing disparities, contributing factors, and effects of incarceration.
• Exorbitant cost of incarceration and its effectiveness.
• Discussion of civil rights, the election of Barack Obama, and ongoing racial issues in America.
• "60 Things You Probably Didn't Know About New York City" (selected facts and reference to attached article by Matt Stopera at BuzzFeed).
• "Top 4 Dieting Myths of All Time" (summary of Dr. Oz's debunking of common dieting myths).
• History of corporate fines, including major DOJ and regulatory settlements with banks, pharmaceutical companies, and other corporations.
• "Not All Passports Are Created Equal" (summary and table of passport power by country, referencing an infographic from GOOD).
• Summary of The Atlantic article "What Will America Look Like in 2024?" by David Graham, with selected charts and statistics about American attitudes and projections.
• "This Is Not A Mosquito!!" (description of a drone disguised as a mosquito, with discussion of surveillance technology).
• "Forget Red State, Blue State: Is Your State 'Tight' or 'Loose'?" (summary of research on cultural tightness/looseness by state, with tables and analysis).
• Racial wealth gap and ongoing effects of racism in America, referencing Braden Goyette's article in The Huffington Post.
• "West Wing - Why are we changing maps?" (discussion of map projections and the Peters Projection World Map, with a table comparing Africa's size to other countries/regions).
• Quotes, TED talk of the week (Nicholas Negroponte), magic trick video, and music recommendations (Bill Withers, with biography and links to performances).

Key entities mentioned: Michelle Alexander, Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Withers, Nicholas Negroponte, Dr. Oz, David Graham, Braden Goyette, Matt Stopera, Suzy Stratner, Jesse R. Harrington, Michele J. Gelfand, various banks and corporations (Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, BP, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Abbott Laboratories, Eli Lilly, Merck, HSBC, UBS, Siemens, Intel, etc.), and references to the NAACP, ACLU, and other organizations.

Attachments referenced:

• What_Will_America_Look_Like_in_2024_David_Graham_The_Atlantic_July_1,_2014.doc
• Not_All_Passports_Are_Created_Equal_Suzy_Strutner_Huff_Post_June_30, 2014.docx
• Forget_Red_State,_Blue_State,_Is_Your_State_Tight_or_Loose_Chris_Mooney_Mother_Jones July 7, 2014.docx
• 15_Charts_That_Prove_We're_Far_From_Post-Racial_Braden_Goyette_Huff_Post_July_2,_2014.docx
• West_Wing_- Why_are_we_changing_maps_Upworthy.docx
• 60 Things You Probably Didn't Know_About_New_Yor_k_City_Matt_Stopera_BuzzFee2014.docx
• 5_of_the_biggest corporate_fines_ever_WSJ_October_19,_2014.docx
• Bill Withers_bio.docx

Inline images referenced: image.png, image(1).png, ..., image(12).png (not charts).

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