There are better ways of doing social justice work.

Guest op-ed by Loretta Ross @ NYTimes.com, Aug. 17 Ms. Ross, an expert on women’s issues, racism and human rights, is a founder of the reproductive justice theory.

[...] Recently, someone lied about me on social media and I decided not to reply. “Never wrestle with a pig,” as George Bernard Shaw said. “You both get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.” And one of the best ways to make a point is to ignore someone begging for attention. Thanks, Michelle Obama, for this timely lesson; most people who read her book “Becoming” probably missed that she subtly threw shade this way.

by Rachel Siegel, Abha Bhattarai & Heather Long @ WashingtonPost.com/Business, Aug. 17

American consumers are increasingly propping up the global economy, an enduring source of strength that is helping keep the United States out of recession and drawing a sharp contrast with the rest of the world.

But as a number of signs point to a possible downturn in the United States, economists are growing more skeptical that consumers will continue to open up their wallets as freely. A failure to do so could hasten the arrival of the first U.S. recession in a decade.

I noticed it yesterday. One example from today:

By Av Anders Ydstedt @ svensktidskrift.se, Aug. 16, in English

An Interview with an American in Stockholm

Sweden is tossed about in the American political debate, being used as example of both a socialist but democratic paradise and as a “politically correct” suffocating state. This past year Sweden – and certain Swedes – has attracted the attention in the US, and the nation is often described as caught up in rapid political change.

The Pay-to-Play saga continues: