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Joanna Schwartz-Shielded-related articles below.

The Dark Side of Daylight Saving

Harvard scientists warn against the health effects of abolishing standard time.

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead - Harvard Magazine - 04-01-2022

https://bit.ly/46W9jrb

Losing Just 1% of Deep Sleep Found to Increase Dementia Risk by 27%

by Paul McClure - NewAtlas.com - 10–30-2023

https://bit.ly/49jutkx

Really Cool Roofs: How Breakthrough Materials Can Save Lives, Carbon and Money

by Lindsay Rasmussen & Rushad Nanavatty - ThirdDerivative - 10-18-2023

https://www.third-derivative.org/blog/really-cool-roofs-how-breakthrough-materials-can-save?utm_medium=email&utm_source=rmi

Stem Cell Discovery Raises Prospect of Reversing Osteoarthritis

by Paul McClure - NewAtlas.com - 11-01-2023

https://bit.ly/46W9mmR

Whole Earth Index

A nearly-complete archive of Whole Earth publications

NOTE: Amazing. I have kept a hard-copy collection of most of these.

https://wholeearth.info/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

What Israel Should Do Now

Israel’s current approach is clearly wrong. Here’s a better way to fight Hamas — and win. 

by Zack Beauchamp - Vox.com - 10-20-2023

https://www.vox.com/2023/10/20/23919946/israel-hamas-war-gaza-palestine-ground-invasion-strategy

“Two things are true: Israel must do something. What it’s doing now is indefensible.”

Ezra Klein Interviews Zack Beauchamp - NYTimes - 10-31-2023 (audio & transcript)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-zack-beauchamp.html?unlocked_article_code=1.70w.3pup.iKVVfnnYALym&smid=url-share

The 2023 State of the Climate Report: Entering Uncharted Territory

by William J Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Jillian W Gregg, Johan Rockström, Thomas M Newsome, Beverly E Law, Luiz Marques, Timothy M Lenton, Chi Xu…

BioScience - 10-24-2023

https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad080

Can Climate Activists, Unions Get on Same Page?

by Sammy Roth - LATimes - 10-25-2023

https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=082f2cc8-367c-4b85-ac8b-f7022d177e9c

Harvard Announces Study of Psychedelics in Society & Culture with $16M Donation

by Elyse C. Goncalves & Matan H. Josephy - Harvard Crimson - 10-26-2023

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/10/26/study-of-psychedelics-society-culture/

Global Billionaire Tax Could Yield $250B Annually, Study Says

by Leigh Thomas - Reuters - 10-23-2023

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/global-billionaire-tax-could-yield-250-bln-study-2023-10-22/

Silicon Valley's Perversion of Philanthropy

by Felix Salmon - Axios.com - 10-21-2023

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/21/philanthropy-selfish-billionaires

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JOANNA SCHWARTZ is a professor of law at UCLA, where she teaches civil procedure and courses on police accountability and public interest lawyering. Her writing, commentary, and research about police misconduct, qualified immunity, indemnification, and local government budgeting have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, NPR, network news, CNN, NPR. She is a graduate of Brown University and Yale Law School. Her first book - released early this year - is Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable.

Qualified Immunity Is Burning a Hole in the Constitution

Police officers’ go-to defense against civil suits allows them to violate the Constitution with impunity.

by Joanna Schwartz – Politico - 02-19-2023

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/19/qualified-immunity-is-burning-a-hole-in-the-constitution-00083569

Shielded - Chapter 1 - How We Got Here - Excerpt

by Joanna Schwartz

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677131/shielded-by-joanna-schwartz/

Symposium on Joanna Schwartz Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable

Commentators: Katherine Mims Crocker (William & Mary), Dick Fallon (Harvard), Brandon Hasbrouck (Washington & Lee), Aziz Huq (Chicago), Nancy Leong (Denver), Peter Schuck (NYU/Yale), and Fred Smith (Emory). At the conclusion Joanna Schwartz responds.

https://balkin.blogspot.com/2023/03/balkinization-symposium-on-joanna.html

Hold Prosecutors Accountable Too

In order to achieve lasting change we must focus on systemic problems across the criminal justice system. That includes holding prosecutors accountable not just police.

by Kate Levine & Joanna Schwartz – BostonReview – 06-22-2020

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/kate-levine-joanna-schwartz-against-prosecutorial-immunity/

How Can We Get Justice for Tyre Nichols and Other Victims of Police Brutality?

by Joanna Schwartz – LATimes - 01–27-2023

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-01-27/tyre-nichols-killing-police-brutality-qualified-immunity-reform

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