Buettner, Russ. "Why You Should Pay Attention to Trump's Civil Fraud Case." On the Media (October 4, 2023) ["Donald Trump is in court this week in New York City, again, for a multimillion dollar civil fraud trial. He, his sons, and the Trump organization have been accused of using false financial statements and inflating their net worth by billions. In addition to this case, Trump is facing four criminal indictments: the January 6th insurrection case in DC, the Stormy Daniels hush money case in New York, the classified documents case in Florida, and the political interference case in Georgia. It’s a lot to keep track of, but this civil trial is worth one's attention. If NY State Attorney General Letitia James succeeds, Trump could lose control of his businesses and his most valuable assets, like Trump Tower — along with whatever’s left of the public image he spent decades constructing on television and in the press. Russ Buettner is a reporter on the New York Times Investigation Desk, the team that hunted down Trump’s tax returns and other elusive financial documents, in an effort to understand how exactly the former president got his money and how he lost so much of it."]
Rosane, Olivia.
"US High Schoolers Launch Green New Deal for 'Our Schools and Our Futures'." Common Dreams (September 25, 2023) ["Public schools belong to us, and we know we deserve better," said a Sunrise Movement organizer and the youngest school board member in Idaho."]
Theise, Neil. "Living at the Edge of Chaos." Tricycle Talks (May 10, 2023) ["Neil Theise is a professor of pathology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and a practicing Zen Buddhist. For the past twenty years, he has been fascinated by the science of complex systems from the infinitesimal level of quantum foam to the vastness of our entire universe. In his new book, "Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being," Theise provides a comprehensive introduction to complexity theory, outlining its synergies with Buddhist principles and teachings. In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, sits down with Theise to discuss his journey to Buddhism, what it means to live at the edge of chaos, and how complexity theory can help us navigate the unpredictability of our everyday lives."]
Toole, Brianna. "Standpoint Epistemology." Overthink #84 (August 15, 2023) ["What does it mean to be marginalized? Does marginalization give some people more epistemic authority than others? And, if so, what should we all do with this information? In episode 84 of Overthink, Ellie and David talk about standpoint theory, its complex intellectual history, and its relationship to W. E. B. DuBois’ concept of double consciousness. They welcome an expert on the subject: Dr. Briana Toole, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College. In their conversation, they chat about how standpoint theory makes sense of electoral politics, educational policy, bizarre reality TV, and much more. They also discuss Corrupt the Youth, a philosophy outreach program founded by Dr. Toole that brings philosophy to high schools in the U.S."]
Waller, Lewis. "How the Internet Was Stolen." Then & Now (Posted on Youtube: February 2023) ["... the history of the internet, from ARPANET & NSFNET, through privatization, to Tim-Berners Lee, Yahoo, Netscape, Google, eBay, and Facebook, examining Microsoft's antitrust court case and their battle against Open Source and Free Software, Bill Gate's Open Letter to Hobbyists and the leaked Halloween Documents. Then we take a look at the emergence of Surveillance Capitalism, and how platforms like AirBnb & Uber coopt the idea of the community and lobby politicians. Finally, we take a look at some alternatives."]
Weismann, Robert and Joan Claybrook. Corporate Sabotage of America's Future: And What We Can Do About It. Public Citizen, 2023. [The book is made freely available in PDF format - click on the title. Here is the Public Citizen website: "Long-time corporate accountability crusaders Robert Weissman, Public Citizen president, and Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen president emeritus, investigate how giant corporations corrupt the policy-making process to block reforms favored by overwhelming majorities of the American people, and to enrich themselves through far-reaching corporate welfare schemes. The Corporate Sabotage of America’s Future And What We Can Do About It pulls back the curtain on the hidden tactics that big corporations employ to have their way in Washington, D.C. and state capitols and city halls across the nation."]
Westervelt, Amy. "The Powerful Think Tanks Portraying Climate Protest as Dangerous." On the Media (September 22, 2023) ["For decades, a collection of think tanks known as the Atlas Network has used its influence to shape views of climate protest as extreme, unreasonable, and dangerous. The Atlas Network has hundreds of member think tanks across the world, and their members produce white papers, meet with politicos, liaise with the media, write legislation, and much more. Climate reporter Amy Westervelt is the host-producer of the podcast Drilled, whose latest series is about the criminalization of climate protest. In her latest investigation, co-reported with climate journalist Geoff Dembicki, Westervelt charts the global impact of Atlas think tanks on the perception of climate activism."]
West, Stephen. "Is Artificial Intelligence really an existential risk?" Philosophize This! #184 (August 2, 2023)
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The Youtube Effect (USA: Alex Winters, 2022) ["The feature documentary explores the ascension and acceleration of YouTube, a video-sharing website that started with humble origins and has gone on to change how we experience the world. With exclusive access to some of YouTube’s biggest stars, the film presents an eye-opening and troubling look at the platform now so powerfully embedded in our lives."]
