Archive - October 17th, 2016

Striking new research on inequality: ‘Whatever you thought, it’s worse’

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It turns out that for most Americans: no, you can’t actually work hard towards a better life. Your economic station is pretty much where you’re stuck. The American Dream? Not so much. There’s no ladder to success no matter how hard you work. America’s economic ladder is more broken than anyone realized via Facebook http://ift.tt/2diYg4w […]

Peter Thiel, YC, and hard decisions – Project Include

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“Thiel’s actions are in direct conflict with our values at Project Include. Because of his continued connection to YC, we are compelled to break off our relationship with YC. We hope this situation changes, and that we are both willing to move forward together in the future. Today it is clear to us that our […]

John McCain: ‘I don’t know’ if Trump will be better for Supreme Court than Clinton

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“McCain promised that Republicans would be ‘united against any Supreme Court nominee’ put forth by Clinton.” So… the GOP plans to learn nothing from this election then? Republican Sen. John McCain said on Monday that he wasn’t sure if Donald Trump would be a better president for appointing Supreme Court justices than Hillary Clinton. via […]

I Hardly Expected My Letter to Donald Trump to Go Viral

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“The most moving of the emails were from women. Many saw my letter as standing up not just for The Times but for the two women who had come forward to our reporters to tell their stories.” Like lots of lawyers, I write dozens of lawyer letters every year — and they tend to have […]