Friday Roundup

This week we’re introducing our “Friday Roundup” – a weekly compilation of news articles and essays that we think might be of interest to our readers.

Race in America

• The First White President: The foundation of Donald Trump’s presidency is the negation of Barack Obama’s legacy (The Atlantic)
• Science must acknowledge its past mistakes and crimes (Nature)
  • The title of this editorial was changed from “Removing statues of historical figures risks whitewashing history” after outcry – see the commentary below for a sampling of responses
• Science journal Nature ventures into racist medical atrocities — and regrets it (Washington Post)
• Readers respond to Nature’s Editorial on historical monuments (Nature)
• Nature’s Disastrous ‘Whitewashing’ Editorial (The Atlantic)

DACA Dreams

• DACA brought ‘Dreamers’ out of the shadows. Now, some plan to only get louder (LA Times)
• The government is already winding down DACA — no matter what Trump tweets (Vox)
• Five Myths About DACA (Washington Post)
• Fact Check: Are DACA Recipients Stealing Jobs Away From Other Americans? (NPR)
• What Older Americans Stand to Lose if ‘Dreamers’ Are Deported  (New York Times)

Harvey, Irma, and the Burning West

• When Escaping a Hurricane Means Risking Jail (The Atlantic)
• Has Climate Change Intensified 2017’s Western Wildfires (The Atlantic)
• Is climate change wreaking weather havoc? Evolving science seeks answers (San Francisco Chronicle)

Policing and Hospitals

• Video shows Utah nurse screaming, being handcuffed after refusing to take blood from unconscious victim (Salt Lake Tribune)
• SLC cop who threatened to ‘take good patients elsewhere’ before arresting Utah nurse gets fired from his paramedic job (Salt Lake Tribune)
• After Utah Nurse’s Violent Arrest, Local Prosecutors Ask FBI to Help Investigate Police (Washington Post)
• This woman drove her injured boyfriend to the hospital — then claims she was attacked by police (Washington Post)

Tech

• Bunk beds, roaches and nerdy geniuses: my year in a Silicon Valley hacker house (The Guardian)
• Amazon’s announcement of HQ outside of Seattle sends ripples through state’s political circles (Seattle Times)
• Could Amazon’s HQ bombshell let the air out of Seattle’s housing and development boom? (Seattle Times)