Reading archive 2021-10-21

The Raiders Had More Black Players Than Any NFL Team. Then Jon Gruden Took Over The Roster.

Jon Gruden was hostile to Black people for years before his emails came out: In his dealings with those in his immediate orbit, the former Raiders head coach long ago showed us where he thinks a Black man’s place in football should be

FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE: Where civilization emerged between the Tigris and Euphrates, climate change is poisoning the land and emptying the villages - "Years of below-average rainfall have left Iraqi farmers more dependent than ever on the dwindling waters of the Tigris and Euphrates. But upstream, Turkey and Iran have dammed their own waterways in the past two years, further weakening the southern flow, so a salty current from the Persian Gulf now pushes northward and into Iraq’s rivers. The salt has reached as far as the northern edge of Basra, some 85 miles inland."

Council member Trayon White Sr. is planning to run for D.C. mayor