by David Morse | Uncategorized
Here’s another political post, though really the interesting part is about the demographics of death in the U.S. The immediate story is that Donald Trump’s margins of victory in the primary elections have been highest in states where the rate of...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
Apparently, yes. For those who watched the Oscars last Sunday you were treated to a skit where he introduced the “dedicated, accurate and hard-working” accountants “Ming Zhu, Bao Ling and David Moskowitz.” They were responsible for counting the votes for the...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
Hollywood was slammed last month after an all-white slate of actors and actresses was nominated for the Academy Awards, spawning the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. A new study shows that, like many suspected, the lack of diversity in Hollywood goes deeper. The study,...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
It’s been a joke that white people think that they can insulate themselves from charges of racism by saying, “some of my best friends are (black, Latino, Asian, etc).” But there’s a new study that shows it’s true – at least when...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
We’ve just seen the first two contests of the 2016 elections, and just in time, there’s a new paper from the University of California, San Diego, that shows what we already suspected. That is, voter ID laws dampen turnout for minorities. Voter ID laws...
by David Morse | Uncategorized
“The Daily Show” tried to dissect the racist tendencies of the adult film industry on last night’s episode. The report from Roy Wood Jr. is the latest in their coverage of Black History Month. “I have a dream that one day...
