Your week in review, in haiku:
1.
If an Apprentice
can be president…why not
Kimmel for Health czar?
2.
Nambia’s dark heart,
filled with secret riches, so
popular right now
3.
Aaron’s brain paid the
price: A gladiator. Too
late to take a knee
4.
Say her name, say her
name: “It’s Fenty.” No. What!? Yes.
No. Stop! Who’s Robyn?
5.
Global skies! Filled with
storms, Jong-Unian fire?
I miss the eclipse
Wishing you a peaceful weekend.
On Point
| What’s ahead for Puerto Rico? |
| Fortune continues its coverage of the island commonwealth, which has been embroiled in a financial storm ever since it filed for bankruptcy protection in May 2017. Now the island, reeling from the aftermath of devastating hurricane damage, faces an even grimmer future. “Fast forward four months to now, and Puerto Rico has to an electrical grid that's inoperable, homes that are destroyed, underfunded hospitals that are packed, and a tourism industry that just washed away,” writes John Patrick Pullen. Click through for important background. |
| Fortune |
| The suicide rate of female veterans is 250% that of non-veterans |
| These horrifying stats come courtesy of Financial Policy, which sites a press release from the Veteran Administration quietly released last Friday. Veterans as a whole are 20% more likely to kill themselves than non-veterans, and female veterans are 250% as likely to commit suicide than non-veterans. “This report is unprecedented in its comprehensive analysis of suicide rates among all U.S. Veterans,” says the VA. I know many of you work in firms with robust veteran inclusion programs. If you have any interventions, data, or advice to share, I will be sure to pass it along. |
| Foreign Policy |
| A new Muslim sorority opens in Texas |
| A professional Muslim sorority, Mu Delta Alpha, has just established a beta chapter at the University of Texas at Austin. “[O]ur main goal is creating leaders and empowering our sisters without jeopardizing our Islamic ethics, because everything we do is reflective of Islam,” Mu Delta Alpha founder Samira Maddox told the Daily Texan. The group also plans to build strong networks with professional Muslim women. |
| Daily Texan |
| Is mindfulness training in K-12 schools silencing students at risk? |
| While mindfulness meditation is becoming more common in school settings, some educators are raising concerns that the practice – which is seen to reduce anxiety and impulsivity - may have important limits, particularly for kids who are legitimately struggling in a school that fails to meet their needs. "What we don’t want to do is communicate to students that when your school system is failing you, the best way to cope is to sit still and be quiet and compliant,” said one expert. |
| Tolerance.org |
The Woke Leader
| A new web series focuses on a different sort of superhero |
| This sweet-sounding, coming-of-age teenage superhero drama focuses on a character called Keloid (oh, my heart!) and his quest to overcome the post-adolescent loneliness that his special abilities have amplified. Written and produced by Black TV & Film Collective founder Huriyyah Muhammad, the series explores otherness, isolation and parental drama in a fresh way, says reviewer Aramide A. Tinubu. “As Keloid desperately attempts to carve out both a life and identity for himself outside of the powers that he was born with, he must also deal with guilt over his past actions and the secrets that his mother is desperate to keep hidden.” |
| Shadow and Act |
| A data project visualizes the routes of six asylum seekers |
| The idea is both beautifully considered and executed. Federica Fragapane interviewed each of the six migrants and overlaid their poignant stories on the routes they traveled journeying from their hometowns (in Mali, Pakistan, Guinea and Cote D’Ivoire) to Italy. They traveled so very, very far. The project looks like it’s still unfolding. Data is beautiful, y'all. |
| Stories Behind A Line |
| The truth about gender quotas on boards |
| This piece from two professors from University of California at Irvine and the Copenhagen Business School digs into the thorny issue of gender-based quotas on public company boards. The pair conducted interviews with over 60 board members who had served on more than 300 public company boards, both in European countries with mandatory or voluntary quotas, and those in the U.S., with neither. How were quotas perceived? Countries who have introduced quotas tend to be in favor of them, countries who didn’t, remain hostile to the idea. And yet in the U.S., it’s becoming clear that market forces may not be enough. "Gender diversity has never been a stated or implicit goal at any of the boards I have served on,” said one U.S. based board member. |
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