What I read this week...

U.S. resiliency, life after affirmative action, pickleball troubles

All-In E136: The two charts President Biden wants voters to see (Semafor) How to Do Great Work (Paul Graham) The New 1970s (Noah Smith) Utility Companies Sell Wind, Solar Farms to Shore Up U.S. Power Grid (WSJ) Affirmative action for white people? Legacy college admissions come under renewed scrutiny (AP) Affirmative action for white college applicants is still here (Vox) For Most College Students, Affirmative Action Was Never Enough (NYT) Why the Champions of Affirmative Action Had to Leave Asian Americans Behind (New Yorker) Maximum Canada is happening (Noah Smith) China…

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