Thinking

Why Baseball Is Obsessed With the Book ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’

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Why Baseball Is Obsessed With the Book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow'

Everett Teaford remembers the executive’s curious gaze across the room. Teaford, a former major league pitcher, had joined the Houston Astros in early 2016 as a professional scout, and at an organizational meeting, his new colleague Sig Mejdal glanced at him. When the group adjourned, Mejdal, then a senior Astros manager, approached Teaford and declared … Read more

Opinion | The Way Out of America’s Zero-Sum Thinking on Race and Wealth

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Opinion | The Way Out of America’s Zero-Sum Thinking on Race and Wealth

In doing research and writing about disparities, I learned to focus on how white people benefited from systemic racism: their schools have more resources, they have less police contact, they have better access to health care. However, these hallmarks of white privilege are not freedoms that racial justice activists want to take away from whites … Read more