Trump's Greatest Con

[ ] Sunday, October 9, 2016 [Donald Trump's Greatest Con] By Steve Almond The Republican presidential candidate has converted savage capitalism into civic savagery. [Write What You Know: Should Authors Be Allowed To Try On Different Identities?] By Julie Wittes Schlack In literary circles, debate is raging over free speech versus cultural appropriation. But that is the wrong way to frame the issue. [Note To Readers] Are you interested in a daily newsletter from Cognoscenti? Find out more... [Elena Ferrante, Revealed: Violating A Literary Phenom's Only Wish -- To Remain Anonymous] By Janna Malamud Smith The journalist who has outed the author of the Neapolitan quartet has served as a policeman of the patriarchal order -- identifying a free woman and putting her in her place. [The Problem With Protest Voting] By Wendy Kaminer An appeal to swing state voters from a sometime libertarian voter. [Teflon Don: Against All Odds, Trump Will Rise Again] By Tom Keane Trump has had a very bad week. But does it matter? [When Harvard Hated Unions: A Labor History Many Would Just As Soon Forget] By Ted Gup That the university with the world’s largest endowment should be at loggerheads with those who wait upon and clear their tables is no anomaly in Harvard’s history. [Newton North High School: Talking To Students When A Symbol Of Racial Hatred Is Unfurled Close To Home] By Neema Avashia We don’t talk about these issues enough as adults. Which means that young people are left to make meaning on their own. Often, then, they end up making the wrong meaning. [In Colombia, Peace Awaits The Right Reconciliation] By Alex Green Colombians rejected a peace deal with leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, by a razor-thin margin in a national referendum Sunday, dismissing years of negotiations. [Letter From Finland: Finding Wings On Two Wheels In Jyväskylä] By Amy Sheehan Latva-Kokko Stuck on 93 trying to get into Boston? For five years, five days a week, the author was, too. Then she and her family found liberation in a Finnish city where the bicycle, not the car, is king. [Heavy Meddle: My 5-Year-Old Found A Gun In Our Backyard!] By Steve Almond Just how freaked out should I be? [90.9 WBUR · Boston's NPR News Station] WBUR Boston, 890 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 [SafeUnsubscribe™ {EMAIL}] [Forward e-mail] | [Update Profile] | [About our service provider] Sent by [wburtoday@wbur.org] in collaboration with [Constant Contact] [Try it free today]