The Non-fiction Feature: The Creation of the Media by Paul Starr
The Memoir & Poetry Spot: Me and The Times by Robert Stock
The Product Spot: News Literacy Project
Author Archives: Carlen
News Literacy Project
The News Literacy Project provides resources for the general public and educators to help them learn how to identify credible information.
Me and The Times
“Me and The Times” by former New York Times editor Robert Stock is a remarkable memoir of his early life and his career.
The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications
The evolution of the U.S. media, and how it became the force it is today.
Pithy Summary – Bulletin #41
The Non-fiction Feature: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
The Children’s Spot: In My Heart by Jo Witek
The Product Spot: Tetris
Tetris
Tetris can pull you out of an anxious mental state into a calmer state of flow, where you are doing something somewhat repetitive that requires some skill and strategy.
In My Heart – A Book of Feelings
This is a lovely little book that goes through various feelings and explains what they feel like, and if they don’t feel good, how you might go about feeling better.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
An examination of how we think the way we think via System 1 (intuitive) and System 2 (deliberative).
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades before Roe V. Wade
Ann Fessler brings forth the secret stories of an event that affected over a million women in the decades before Roe v. Wade: the surrender of their babies for adoption due to familial, religious, and social pressures.
UN Women Data Hub
The UN Women Data Hub has reports on data on security and violence against women across the world, findings on how multiple countries left behind women in pandemic responses, and a comprehensive library of resources.