{"id":541,"date":"2017-11-12T04:37:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T04:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maybegoosefeathers.com\/wp\/?p=541"},"modified":"2017-11-12T04:37:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T04:37:03","slug":"saturday-6-pack-november-11-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maybegoosefeathers.com\/wp\/?p=541","title":{"rendered":"SATURDAY 6-PACK: November 11, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A weekly listing of articles, audio clips, and other tidbits I\u2019ve encountered that seemed interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s been quite the week, opening with the shocking events in Sutherland Springs, Texas … moving into the off-year elections … the unveiling of the Senate Tax Plan … oh yeah, and the on-going cascade of reports of sexual harassment and assault involving famous, powerful men … all taking place against the backdrop of Trump’s trip to Asia.\u00a0 Where to begin?<\/p>\n

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This does not involve the shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.\u00a0 But it does speak to the beauty of family ties and the way such acts of violence leave permanent scars, from the StoryCorps Project … and a mass shooting you may have forgotten<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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Lost in all the major news and drama of the week, one of Chicago’s most famous legal residents answered his summons for jury duty.\u00a0 Barack Obama was only the most recent former president to receive such a summons.\u00a0 Scott Simon muses on the power and privilege of the highest office in the land <\/a>… which might not be the one you think it is…\"\"<\/p>\n

Continuing in the You, Me, and Them: Experiencing Discrimination in America<\/a>, this report makes it clear that words, actions, mistreatment\u00a0DO<\/strong> take a real toll on a person.\u00a0 This piece focuses on a doctor with Hispanic heritage and things he experiences repeatedly that will make you cringe … and maybe gasp … and it might make you mad…<\/p>\n

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And some of the same truths also apply to the women finally coming forward to tell the truth about their experiences of harassment and worse.\u00a0 Here’s a good reason to burn one of your monthly free articles from the New York Times <\/em> — Lindy West, telling it straight-up, as always …<\/a><\/p>\n