The Power of Unconscious Bias
A New York Times article swiftly summarizes psychological research into unconscious racial bias. Harvard Professor Sendhil Mullainathan performed some of the experiments, and describes others. Some discrimination is consciously practiced, although less often verbalized than before. At least when the verbalization is in person; racist comments on relatively anonymous social media...
It’s the End of the Year, Take that Vacation!
Minimum Wage Hikes Accompanied the Republican Wave
Last week the attention was focused on the election results which heavily favored Republicans. Maryland will now have a Republican governor, and the Senate majority has shifted as well.
Voters made other decisions, however, that would seem to be at odds with the Republican platform. Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska and South Dakota all...