So: @lisalsong of @propublica and I teamed on some pretty stunning documents from @MIT and the @medialab. They showed (a) dumping of chemicals that violated state limits, and (b) a disregard for, or inattention to, public safety. Read and listen: wbur.org/edify/2019/09/…@lisalsong@propublica@MIT@medialab This piece relied on, at first, one individual who spoke up. So speak up. You can DM me for my Signal, or email jmlarkin@protonmail.com. You can also speak to ProPublica, (including the great Lisa Song!), here: propublica.org/leak-to-us/
Oct 31, 2018 • 66 tweets • 16 min read
I'm finally set up to livetweet Day 13 of #HarvardTrial. Harvard's expert, the @UCBerkeley labor economist David Card, is on the stand, attempting to firm up his finding that there is no statistical evidence of discrimination against Asian-Americans.
Another economist, Susan @Dynarski, who has contributed to a brief in support of Harvard and looked closely at this case, has said that Card is the exact last expert she'd want to to go up against — see below:
At last set up for Day 6 of the #HarvardTrial, where @RickKahlenberg of the left-leaning @TCFdotorg is on the stand. Kahlenberg has argued for @Fair_Admissions that Harvard could achieve real diversity without considering race in admissions: …2i553a2t1s05i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/upl…
Kahlenberg says he considers it extremely important for a college like Harvard to promote diversity—of all kinds. He adds: "the socioeconomic diversity at Harvard is deeply lacking... Raj Chetty found that there have been 23 times as many rich kids on campus as poor kids."
