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Reading the Globe #001: Hong Kong Crackdown, Spielberg on Netflix, Eric Adams on the verge in NYC
Introducing Reading the Globe, a new original weekly podcast produced by AudioHopper. Every Thursday, host Michael Washburn summarizes, synthesizes and criticizes the week’s most important and fascinating stories. This week, Reading the Globe considers:
The crackdown on press freedom in Hong Kong. As reported in the Economist’s new issue of June 19, 2021, the so-called national security law that China forced on Hong Kong a year ago has led to one of the most aggressive crackdowns on press freedom in living memory. Police have arrested Ryan Law, editor of the Apple Daily newspaper, and conducted a massive raid on the publication’s offices.
The law school of the University of Illinois at Chicago has taken the step of dropping the name of John Marshall, the fourth SCOTUS chief justice. The reason for this step has to do with Marshall’s problematic record on slavery and his ownership of slaves, but history is always more complex than some would like it to be.
San Francisco’s crime problem is due, at least according to another editorial, to San Francisco’s district attorney Chesa Boudin largely refused to go after petty crimes like shoplifting. This refusal is in keeping with the spirit of a 2014 proposition that made thefts of property worth under $950 a misdemeanor in California. The result? A shoplifting epidemic that led to the closing of 17 Walgreens stores around the city in the past half decade.
The Wall Street Journal features a lengthy cover story about French president Emmanuel Macron’s aggressive enforcement of a national law regarding laicité, or the official secularism of the French polity.
Eric Adams’ strong performance in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for New York City mayor reveals a city much more concerned with law and order than many expected from the progressive metropolis. On Tuesday, June 22, the New York Post ran a front-page story endorsing Adams in the primary, who got 31% of the vote.
Finally, an article in the New York Daily News on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, details how, after having expressed concerns about the challenge that Netflix poses to cinemas, Steven Spielberg’s production firm, Amblin Partners, will work with Netflix to develop feature films.
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Introducing Reading the Globe, a new original weekly podcast produced by AudioHopper. Every Thursday, host Michael Washburn summarizes, synthesizes and criticizes the week’s most important and fascinating stories. This week, Reading the Globe considers:
The crackdown on press freedom in Hong Kong. As reported in the Economist’s new issue of June 19, 2021, the so-called national security law that China forced on Hong Kong a year ago has led to one of the most aggressive crackdowns on press freedom in living memory. Police have arrested Ryan Law, editor of the Apple Daily newspaper, and conducted a massive raid on the publication’s offices.
The law school of the University of Illinois at Chicago has taken the step of dropping the name of John Marshall, the fourth SCOTUS chief justice. The reason for this step has to do with Marshall’s problematic record on slavery and his ownership of slaves, but history is always more complex than some would like it to be.
San Francisco’s crime problem is due, at least according to another editorial, to San Francisco’s district attorney Chesa Boudin largely refused to go after petty crimes like shoplifting. This refusal is in keeping with the spirit of a 2014 proposition that made thefts of property worth under $950 a misdemeanor in California. The result? A shoplifting epidemic that led to the closing of 17 Walgreens stores around the city in the past half decade.
The Wall Street Journal features a lengthy cover story about French president Emmanuel Macron’s aggressive enforcement of a national law regarding laicité, or the official secularism of the French polity.
Eric Adams’ strong performance in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for New York City mayor reveals a city much more concerned with law and order than many expected from the progressive metropolis. On Tuesday, June 22, the New York Post ran a front-page story endorsing Adams in the primary, who got 31% of the vote.
Finally, an article in the New York Daily News on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, details how, after having expressed concerns about the challenge that Netflix poses to cinemas, Steven Spielberg’s production firm, Amblin Partners, will work with Netflix to develop feature films.