Ole Jann and Christoph Schottmuller (Copenhagen): How Jeremy Bentham Would Defend Against Coordinated Attacks. From Full-Stop, Frank Guan reviews The Next Next Level: A Story of Rap, Friendship, and Almost Giving Up by Leon Neyfakh; and a book club on The Complete Stories of Clarice Lispector, with Becca Rothfeld and Nathan Goldman. “There is just no program like the LWCF”: Kerry Klein on how Congress is letting a 51-year-old, incredibly successful parks program disappear. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel on saying goodbye to the oldest federal aid program. Pundits are regularly outpredicted by people you’ve never heard of — here’s how to change that. Maria L. La Ganga on why the founder of #ShoutYourAbortion had to go into hiding. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on when politicians commit hate crimes. The first chapter from Thrive: How Better Mental Health Care Transforms Lives and Saves Money by Richard Layard and David M. Clark. Here is a list of the 13 most punchable faces in America.
From Vox, German Lopez on gun violence in America, in 17 maps and charts; and Zack Beauchamp on deaths from gun violence vs. deaths from terrorism, in one chart. So far in 2015, we’ve had 274 days and 294 mass shootings. There’s been no calendar week without a mass shooting during President Obama’s second term. Since the December 2012 shooting in Newtown, CT, there have been at least 142 school shootings in America, an average of nearly one a week — how many more before our leaders pass common-sense laws to prevent gun violence and save lives? Condolences and prayers: Emma Foehringer Merchant on how Republicans ignore gun control after mass shootings. The politics of leadership and anger: Let’s compare and contrast President Obama’s outrage at mass shootings with conservatives' outrage at Planned Parenthood.
