[blind-democracy] FW: Top 5: The complicated legacies of Pilgrims + early environmentalists
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- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 19:17:27 -0400
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Subject: Top 5: The complicated legacies of Pilgrims + early environmentalists
+ understanding Lewy body dementia
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Welcome to Sunday. Our top five articles of the week are below.
If you’re one of the 40 million Americans at risk of eviction for not paying
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pandemic. Katy Ramsey Mason of the University of Memphis answered six questions
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Anti-mask protesters at a rally in Orem, Utah. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
<https://theconversationus.cmail19.com/t/r-l-julylkly-ojkuikljir-d/> Why masks
are a religious issue
Leslie Dorrough Smith, Avila University
Are masks a religious matter, or is religion being used to suit people’s
political agendas? A scholar of Christian conservatism and culture argues both
can be true.
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Plimoth Plantation, in Plymouth, Mass., is a living museum that’s a replica of
the original settlement, which existed for 70 years. Wikimedia Commons
<https://theconversationus.cmail19.com/t/r-l-julylkly-ojkuikljir-k/> The
complicated legacy of the Pilgrims is finally coming to light 400 years after
they landed in Plymouth
Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences
Descendants from the Pilgrims were keen to highlight their ancestors' role in
the country's founding. But their sanitized version of events is only now
starting to be told in full.
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Tom Seaver, like Robin Williams, had Lewy body dementia, but what is this
strange illness? A neurologist explains
Melissa J. Armstrong, University of Florida
A pitcher known for his mental game as well as his physical prowess, Tom Seaver
died this week from Lewy body dementia. A doctor explains this troubling form
of dementia.
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American environmentalism’s racist roots have shaped global thinking about
conservation
Prakash Kashwan, University of Connecticut
US ideas about conservation center on walling off land from use. That approach
often means expelling Indigenous and other poor people who may be its most
effective caretakers.
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Protecting half of the planet is the best way to fight climate change and
biodiversity loss – we’ve mapped the key places to do it
Greg Asner, Arizona State University
A new plan targets areas around the world that can store carbon and protect
large numbers of species. It calls for preserving these lands, working with
Indigenous peoples and connecting wild areas.
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