Writers Strike, Randi Weingarten, Loneliness Epidemic

Writers’ Strike [00:58]

Your Most Frantic Writers’ Strike Questions, Answered (Vulture, 5/2/23)
Hollywood Hit With Writers Strike After Talks With AMPTP Fail; Guild Slams Studios For “Gig Economy” Mentality (Deadline, 5/1/23)
Here’s what to know about the film and TV writers’ strike (CBS News, 5/2/23)
Here’s what happened last time there was a writers’ strike in Hollywood (AV Club, 2/24/23)
Hollywood’s writers are on strike. Here’s why that matters. (Vox, 5/2/23)
Writers Strike: Inside the Room as Talks Collapsed (Variety, 5/3/23)
The Hollywood Writers’ Strike Isn’t About Money. It’s About Survival (The New York Times, 4/30/23)
James Corden Bows Out (LA Magazine, 4/24/23)
Why Are TV Writers So Miserable? (The New Yorker, 4/29/23)
WGA Negotiations—Status as of May 1, 2023
Why Hollywood writers are striking and the immediate impact (AP, 5/3/23)
Hairdressers, camerapeople, caterers: the ‘scary’ ripple effect of the Hollywood writers’ strike (The Guardian, 5/3/23)
Potential economic impacts of the Hollywood writers’ strike (CBS News, 5/3/23)
Jimmy Fallon blasted for allegedly skipping meeting amid writers’ strike (New York Post, 5/2/23)

Weingarten COVID School Closures [20:52]

Union Head Pushes Back on GOP Claims of ‘Undue Influence’ on School Closures (The74, 4/26/23)
Randi Weingarten’s Incredible Covid Memory Loss (The Wall Street Journal, 4/30/23)
Here’s what AFT’s Randi Weingarten said about reopening schools during COVID-19 (PolitiFact, 5/2/23)
‘The Most Dangerous Person in the World Is Randi Weingarten’ (The New York Times, 4/28/23)
Lori Lightfoot rejects Randi Weingarten’s spin on school closings: ‘Not the reality’ (Fox News, 5/1/23)
‘Learning Loss Is Real’: Lori Lightfoot Slams Randi Weingarten’s Teachers’ Union for Delaying School Reopening (Yahoo News, 5/1/23)
Randi Weingarten misrepresented COVID study to Congress, author claims (New York Post, 4/28/23)
CNN’s Scott Jennings shreds Randi Weingarten over school closures: ‘You were the tip of the spear’ (New York Post, 4/28/23)
On Randi Weingarten’s Waterfront (The Wall Street Journal, 5/1/23)
Weingarten Sets Pandemic Record Straight as Republican Attacks Fall Flat (AFT Press Release, 4/26/23)
Letter to Randi Weingarten from Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M., Chairman Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (Congress of the United States, 3/28/23)
Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Mitigation (CDC, 2/12/21)
Submitted testimony (Randi Weingarten, 4/26/23)
Politifact defends Randi Weingarten: ‘Misleading’ to claim she opposed reopening schools (Fox News, 5/3/23)
Schooling in America Polling Dashboard (EdChoice, 2022)
Partisan Rifts Widen, Perceptions of School Quality Decline (Education Next, 2022)
Teachers union threatens ‘safety strikes’ before Biden speech (Politico, 7/28/20)
Former Levi Strauss executive Jennifer Sey on decision to leave company over Covid ‘free speech’ controversy (CNBC, 2/17/22)
Bari Weiss tells Bill Maher that COVID restrictions and closure of schools will be seen as a ‘moral crime’ by younger generations and says we MUST return to normal life (Daily Mail, 1/22/22)
We Don’t Need to Close Schools to Fight the Coronavirus (The New York Times, 3/10/20)
School Closures Are Dividing The Country | Interview with Chris Stewart (Lost Debate, 2/7/22)
The Worst School Board In America? (The Regressives, 12/21)

Lonely Nation + Intimacy [38:23]

Surgeon General: We Have Become a Lonely Nation. It’s Time to Fix That (The New York Times, 4/30/23)
America’s Intimacy Problem (The Atlantic, 4/28/23)
Why can’t we be friends? Lack of social contact harms Americans’ mental, physical health (USA Today, 12/13/22)
Technology’s role in the ‘loneliness epidemic’ (Washington Post, 4/11/23)
How Loneliness Is Damaging Our Health (The New York Times, 4/20/22)
Key findings about Americans’ declining trust in government and each other (Pew Research, 7/22/19)
Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation 2023 (Surgeon General, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2023)
Loneliness in America: How the Pandemic Has Deepened an Epidemic of Loneliness and What We Can Do About It (Harvard Graduate School of Education, Making Caring Common Project, 2/21)
The Belonging Barometer – The State of Belonging in America (American Immigration Council, 3/7/23)
Loneliness around the world: Age, gender, and cultural differences in loneliness (Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 1/2120)
The Loneliness Epidemic Persists: A Post-Pandemic Look at the State of Loneliness among U.S. Adults (Cigna Group, 12/21)
The effects of loneliness: A review of the literature (Journal of Comprehensive Psychiatry, 1986)
Five Trends Reshaping America (Lost Debate, 2/28/23)