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  1. Apr 2019
  2. www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
    ‘Hope is a​n embrace of the unknown​’: Rebecca Solnit on living in dark times
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    1. CeciliaX 04 Apr 2019
      What startled me about the response to disaster was not the virtue, since virtue is often the result of diligence and dutifulness, but the passionate joy that shone out from accounts by people who had barely survived.

      I disagree with the author because when facing disasters, people are very likely not to behave the way they behave normally. If people are clam, resourceful ... like the way she described, then it is something bigger than virtues. On the other hand, the passionate joy that shone out from accounts by people who had barely survived does not surprise/startle me because it is just a normal response. Those who remain calm, resourceful... are the real hopes.

    2. CeciliaX 04 Apr 2019
      Hope doesn’t mean denying these realities. It means facing them and addressing them by remembering what else the 21st century has brought, including the movements, heroes and shifts in consciousness that address these things now.

      The author made a good point here. She clarified what hope means and what we should do. But i think it's a little bit repetitive because she said "it is not the belief that everything was, is or will be fine" in the next paragraph.

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    theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/15/rebecca-solnit-hope-in-the-dark-new-essay-embrace-unknown
  3. Mar 2019
  4. blackboard.usc.edu blackboard.usc.edu
    AlbrittonExcerptwithNotes.pdf
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    1. CeciliaX 05 Mar 2019
      Junk food epitomizes the current phase of capitalism whichutilizes enormous amounts of energy without advancing thehuman flourishing of the vast majority of people in the world.17

      This analogy is very interesting. Junk food does not help with the world starvation issue but still the industry has been invested so much. But maybe it's because junk food can bring profit but solving world starvation issue won't? Doesn't solving world starvation takes money in stead of making money?

    2. CeciliaX 05 Mar 2019
      Imagine what such rising food prices mean to the 40 percent of theworld’s population who try to survive on $2 or less per day.7

      This sentence provides a concrete number $2. It is exceptionally astonishing because $2 can barely buy anything in United States. Not to mention nearly half of the world is trying to survive on $2 or LESS everyday.

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    blackboard.usc.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-5842165-dt-content-rid-20792966_2/courses/20191_writ_150_64430/AlbrittonExcerptwithNotes.pdf
  5. Feb 2019
  6. www.bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com
    Here’s how people are reacting to Elizabeth Warren’s ‘wealth tax’ proposal - The Boston Globe
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    1. CeciliaX 07 Feb 2019
      “Wealth, which is passed on through generations, is a kind of crystalized history, and the black-white wealth gap is astounding compared to the black-white income gap, which is closer to a 40 percent differential.

      Does the wealth gap refers to accumulated generation wealth and income gap refers to individual income? If that's the case, it is a problem that needs huge amount of time to solve...

    2. CeciliaX 07 Feb 2019
      African-American households had a median networth of just $8, while for white households, the figure was $247,500.

      What causes that? If gives out possible reasons that would be great

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    bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/01/30/here-how-people-are-reacting-elizabeth-warren-wealth-tax-proposal/xyRiQmyAh0d7j6Uvk8XAHM/story.html
  7. blackboard.usc.edu blackboard.usc.edu
    KMBT_754-20190131160509
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    1. CeciliaX 05 Feb 2019
      a child from a disfavored district has a higher chance of dropping out of high school than if his parents have a steady mid-range income and live in a prosperous part

      So the wealthy state of a person not only affects himself, but also affects his spouse and children. Poverty is not about food and drinks, it's about education. This is how the gap enlarges.

    2. CeciliaX 05 Feb 2019
      21.2 percent of US national income accrued to just I percent of earners. Contrast 1968, when the CEO of General Motors took home, in pay and benefits, about sixty-six times the amount paid to a typical GM worker.

      This kinda reminds me of the previous article about bullshit job, which points out that people who actually do more beneficial job get paid less. But I wonder what the world will be like without these bullshit jobs?

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    blackboard.usc.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-5807056-dt-content-rid-20224102_2/courses/20191_writ_150_64430/JudtIllFarestheLandExcerpts(1).pdf
  8. Jan 2019
  9. bostonreview.net bostonreview.net
    A Basic Income for All
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    bostonreview.net/forum/ubi-van-parijs