The Navigator, Saturday, August 31, 2024
Sedition in Hong Kong, Swifties for Harris, less pay for workers, loneliness in youth, women at work, batteries beating gas and more
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New Data Shows Women are More Negatively Stereotyped at Work than Men (Forbes)
New research on workplace bias reveals women are negatively stereotyped at work up to seven times more often than men. What’s more, the study says, an organizations' highest performers are also getting the least helpful feedback.
"Harness our Swiftie power into political power": Swifties organize to rally behind Kamala Harris (Salon)
The organization Swifties for Kamala has raised $142,000 - with some funds coming from cute, Swift-friendly merch.
More Americans embrace COVID vax untruths: Poll (Axios)
Growing numbers of Americans are buying into misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new national survey, with more than one in five believing it's safer to get the virus than to get a shot.
Oakland’s new school buses don’t just reduce pollution — they double as giant batteries. (Grist.org)
A new fleet of buses can send power back to the grid, stabilizing it instead of straining it.
Graduation Nation (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
A 20-year campaign to address America’s high school dropout crisis produced unprecedented gains in graduation rates nationwide. Can lessons from this campaign help the nation cross this elusive threshold and inspire action on other social issues?
How “reading trees” can unlock many mysteries. (The Economist)
Ancient trees have deep roots in culture.
Two journalists found guilty of sedition in trial seen as a blow to Hong Kong’s press freedom (NBC News)
The conviction of Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, who led the defunct pro-democracy newspaper, Stand News, could have profound implications for journalists in the Chinese territory.
Bosses Are Finding Ways to Pay Workers Less (The Wall Street Journal)
After a tumble in pay for white-collar job openings, wages for new hires in many blue-collar sectors also are now falling.
20-Somethings Are in Trouble (The Atlantic)
They’re still more depressed, more anxious and lonelier than any other age group in America—but their distress has gone widely unnoticed.
The US Grid Is Adding Batteries at a Much Faster Rate Than Natural Gas (WIRED)
The shift toward renewables is officially in high gear.