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Today’s read: 9 minutes.We’re running a reader feedback edition today. Plus, a question about the education bills being pushed in Texas. Correction.Yesterday, I made the mistake of trying to write too technically about a very scientific story in my “Have a nice day section.” In the story, I discussed a new way researchers may be able to find colon cancer, saying “this new study found that six specific RNA proteins change in people’s cells when colon cancer is present.” A reader named Sam said “this terminology is not technically correct: For all intents and purposes, RNA is not protein, and only in very specific biological contexts do RNA molecules comprise proteins. The DDSMs the authors describe are actually small RNA molecules, acting on their own to perform biological functions.” So, yeah. I guess that’s what happens when people who edit scientific manuscripts read your newsletter. And Sam wasn’t the only one (thank you, scientists reading my newsletters), so I guess we’ll have to count it. This is the 41st Tangle correction in its 105-week existence and the first since July 21st. I track corrections and place them at the top of the newsletter in an effort to maximize my transparency with readers. Quick hits.
Reader feedback.Every now and then, I like to publish a newsletter made up exclusively of reader opinions. I do this for the same reason I share writing from about a half dozen different columnists every day: because I recognize it’s important to share the views and perspectives of people who aren’t me. Each time I put out a feedback newsletter, I get a bunch of fascinating and compelling responses from folks all over the country. And since we haven’t done it in a while, today I thought it’d be fun to go back and share some of the feedback I’ve gotten recently. In response to the story about the eviction moratorium, a reader named Trae said he was “confused.”
Dave from Seattle wrote in about this sentence I published: “Companies like Apple are currently lobbying against bills that would limit or eliminate forced labor, which many Uyghurs are being used for in these camps.”
A reader named Ren said she “couldn't help but laugh” at some of the reactions from the right to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment scandal.
Ed from New York responded to the article on funding the IRS and said “proponents have a blind-spot about opponents who respect the intention but feel it will prove costly and ineffective.”
Dillon from Texas objected to the idea that our infrastructure was “crumbling,” and worried about where the money might be spent.
A reader named Todd wrote in to object to the idea that “The Squad” deserved credit for the new eviction moratorium.
Rosie from Houston said her issue with the UN’s climate report is that it’s “purely alarmist without providing any solutions.”
A reader named Kevin objected to me describing “Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill.”
Finally, a reader named Henry wrote in to share a very interesting opinion piece making the argument that the war in Afghanistan was actually a partial success. Here’s an excerpt:
Blindspot report.
If you’re on the left, you probably missed the story about Nike’s CEO being pressed on not addressing Chinese human rights abuses. If you’re on the right, you probably missed a story about the U.S. coming in last in a health care ranking of high-income countries. Want to check out Ground News’s bias ratings, blindspot reports or other news sources? Click here. Your questions, answered.Q: What do you think about the Governor of Texas writing legislation saying that teachers cannot teach the Martin Luther King Jr. I Have a Dream Speech, no Native American History and nothing about Women's Sufferage and the Attorney General supporting this legislation. — Margaret, Riviera Beach, Florida Tangle: First, let’s clarify what’s going on here. The Governor of Texas (Greg Abbott) did not write legislation saying teachers cannot teach Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech or Native American history, etc. Previously, Texas law made it mandatory for public school history teachers to adequately instruct their students on the history of white supremacy, the Klu Klux Klan, slavery, and the moral wrongs of those eras. As part of this larger conservative push in public education, Gov. Abbott helped push forward a bill called S.B. 3. This legislation was going to give schools the choice to shape their own history curriculums, but still kept certain mandates in place — like the necessity of teaching women’s suffrage, the “I have a dream” speech, the KKK, and slavery, since those are all essential American events. But then the mandatory instruction of these topics was scrapped in S.B. 3. In other words, Abbott didn’t help ban them from being taught, but removed the requirement that they are. In my opinion, there is no legitimate reason to remove these topics from the required content for schools in Texas. I think it’s absurd. And clearly, Abbott and Texas Republicans are just reveling in the culture war over critical race theory (which I’ve written about a couple of times). They made no argument about why these critical historical events suddenly should not be required teachings — and this is not about “removing critical race theory” from schools. It’s a way to score political points, and the real victims are the students who may not learn about certain unsavory yet crucial historical events that, until now, were required teachings for all Texan children. A story that matters.For the first time in the history of the U.S. Census, the population of White people is expected to show a decline, while overall population growth will be driven by people of color. The new census data is expected to be released on Thursday, August 12, and experts believe it will show definitively that ethnic, racial and voting-age makeup of neighborhoods has shifted over the past decade. This data will then be used for states and legislatures to redraw political districts for the next 10 years. If the White decline is confirmed by the data, it will have come eight years earlier than previously predicted. “The United States is also expected to have passed two other milestones on its way to becoming a majority-minority society in a few decades: For the first time, the portion of White people could dip below 60 percent and the under-18 population is likely to be majority non-White.” The Washington Post has the story. Numbers.
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$1.2 trillion of infrastructure.
Friday, August 13, 2021
The Senate passed a bipartisan bill.
The U.N.'s new climate change report.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Is it worth the hysteria?
A sad, no-good, depressing newsletter.
Friday, August 6, 2021
Confronting what we know.
Biden's new eviction ban.
Thursday, August 5, 2021
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Andrew Cuomo's sexual harassment.
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
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