Nature:
19 MAY 2021
In response to the global Black Lives Matter protests, many institutions pledged actions to combat racism. That’s not enough.
Next week marks a year since the murder of George Floyd, and nearly a year since the Black Lives Matter protests compelled numerous institutions including many in research to acknowledge systemic racism. …
As part of that response,
Nature recognized systemic racism in science and our part in it, and committed to stand against it.
We know that such statements must be followed by actions. At
Nature, we have made it an editorial priority to expose and tackle racism in science by publishing more research, commentary and journalism about racism and racial injustice. Next year, we will produce a special issue, under the guidance of a group of external editors, that examines systemic racism in research.
From the second news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death broke, this was the play. This was the reason Republicans muscled through Brett Kavanaugh despite the sexual-misconduct allegations against him. It was why Mitch McConnell invented a rule to block Merrick Garland in 2016, abolished the judicial filibuster to install Neil Gorsuch, then ignored his own make-believe rule to install Amy Coney Barrett a week before the election. Not only did they have a conservative Supreme Court; they had a court packed with zealots, people for whom precedent and civil liberties were but bumps in the roads. John Roberts, the quintessential institutionalist who had twice saved the Affordable Care Act, would no longer be the fifth vote for a right-of-center court that cared about its reputation. The reactionary majority the last three appointed by a president and confirmed by a Senate that never won the support of a majority of the population doesn’t need him to impose
1618 N. Mills Ave. has been home to a lot of different restaurants in its life. Next up: Bites & Bubbles
A pigzzaria, a new rooftop deck opening, an old rooftop deck being reopened, and other Orlando food news
OPENINGS:
Pigzza, a pizza joint by Pig Floyd s owner Thomas Ward and Al Palo of Stasio s Italian Deli, will open in Mills 50 this fall. The pigzzaria will fire out pies from the cool building at 1050 N. Mills Ave., next door to Will s Pub . Over in Ivanhoe Village, the
Harmon Photo building will soon be home to a bar/restaurant with a rooftop deck. A tenant hasn t been announced as yet, but that shouldn t take too long .