What we are reading January 24th, 2024.
Lots of interesting news this week including the first historical records from the Ukraine war, and a malaria vaccine program in Africa.
Opinion: New data is making us rethink the narrative about runaway inequality | CNN
The analysis shows that the share of the nation’s income going to the top 1% of earners after taxes and transfers has increased by just 1.4% since 1979, writes Jordan McGillis.
Opinion by Jordan McGillis
Are we getting it wrong? The data is noisy unlike the narative.
The One Element Keeping Ukraine From Total Defeat
A new book recounts the first year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the ground up.
Elliot Ackerman
The history of the Ukraine war is being writen
Who is etiquette for?
Etiquette is about respect, not table manners.
Allie Volpe
Nice article about etiquette and the power dynamics involved.
Cameroon starts world’s first malaria vaccine program for children
Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWe live in magical times, we now have vaccines for malaria.
The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.
Timothy Noah
Take this with a grain of salt, but anecdotal evidence is starting to trickle in.
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