Friday Roundup – October 27, 2017

It is Friday once again, which means it is time for our latest collection of the things we’ve been reading and watching this week. Happy Friday!

 

Gender & Family

• The Inequality Beneath the Sexual-Harassment Headlines (The Atlantic)
• When Kids Have to Act Like Parents, It Affects Them for Life (The Atlantic)
• US teenager who won golf competition denied trophy because she is a girl (The Guardian)

When Work Disappears

• Where Internet Orders Mean Real Jobs, and New Life for Communities (New York Times)
• Why Big Cities Thrive, and Smaller Ones Are Being Left Behind (New York Times)

Media

• Los Angeles Times Newsroom, Challenging Tronc, Goes Public With Union Push (New York Times)
• Why The Athletic Wants to Pillage Newspapers (New York Times)

At Work

• I Let My Staff Work From Home, Then Realized It Wasn’t Working (NBC News)
• The Crisis Facing America’s Preschool Teachers (The Atlantic)

On Campus

• This Professor Wants to Teach Administrators Not to Cave In to Right-Wing Outrage (The Chronicle)
• U. of Arkansas System Considers Changes to Ease Tenured-Faculty Firings (The Chronicle)
• Higher Ed’s Message to Ex-Felons: No Second Chances (The Chronicle)
• Students want professor fired over ‘discriminatory and transphobic’ quiz (The Star)