What we are reading April 3, 2024.
Lots to discuss this week, including the lack of diversity in business schools. Hostage-taking in the Russian republic and why mental health is declining in the United States.
Why Russia has kept a Wall Street Journal reporter in jail for a year — and counting
Evan Gershkovich’s case isn’t just about press freedom. It’s about geopolitics.
Ellen Ioanes
When in doubt, take hostages and extract ransom.
Business Schools Still Lag on Diversity, Despite Stated Goals
A Supreme Court ruling and increasing numbers of foreign students complicate the task.
Robb Mandelbaum
It is going to become a bigger problem as time goes on.
Baltimore bridge collapse a ‘national economic catastrophe,’ says Maryland governor
The wreckage chokes off access to the Port of Baltimore, among the nation’s busiest shipping routes.
Greg Iacurci
Stuff happens who is going to fix it.
Why the Battle for Hamburger Hill Was So Controversial | HISTORY
After 10 days of bruising battle, U.S. forces took the hill, only to abandon it days later. Sniper fire was so intense, one soldier called it ‘a human meat grinder.’
Barbara Maranzani
A history of the battle of Hamberger Hill
The World’s Youngest Billionaires 2024
From two teen heirs to founders of Snap, Stripe and GymShark, these are the youngest billionaires around the globe.
Monica Hunter-Hart
None are self-made; behold the new aristocrats.
Why are Americans so unhappy?
Unhappiness is both a political state and a mental health crisis, although we rarely see them as interrelated.
International
Some political commentary that makes sense.
A forgotten hit from the 1980s, a lost MTV hit.
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