A dozen youth in a remote community in Nunavut attempted suicide this past February. The next month calls to RCMP doubled. Now, officials are descending on Pangnirtung next week after receiving a desperate plea for help.
Tag: ‘Desperation
New Lawsuit Exposes Google’s Desperation to Improve Diversity
A white male former employee has sued Google for allegedly favoring women and minorities in internal policies—this time within YouTube. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a99c6108e71085604e0271b/master/pass/google_diversity_lawsuit-FINAL.jpg
‘A weapon of desperation’: Trump loyalists are doubling down on a familiar strategy as the Russia probe reaches a boiling point
Thomson Reuters As special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation ramps up, President Donald Trump’s allies have doubled down on claims that Mueller’s team is biased against him. Right-wing figures latched onto new reports last week that two investigators on Mueller’s team expressed views favoring former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. FBI veterans refute that characterization, […]
Let’s call ‘pivot to video’ what it really is: Desperation
ANALYSIS: At first, a pivot to video made sense. High bandwidth on mobile, mega-platforms like YouTube, and the promise of disrupting TV commercials made it alluring. As did the steadily declining cost-per-click rates on text-centric content — not to mention the painful memories of what happened to newspapers that waited too long to move online. […]
The Sweetest Debut: ‘Desperation Road’ Author Michael Farris Smith on Writing His Novel About “Regret, Revenge, and Redemption”
Welcome to The Sweetest Debut, a new and regular installment in which we reach out to debut (or near-debut, we’re flexible!) fiction, poetry and nonfiction authors working with presses of all sizes and find out about their pop culture diets, their writing habits, and how they explain their books to different people in their lives. Today, […]
