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The Pan-American Holiday

Thanksgiving’s pull on the American cultural imagination has been muted, squeezed as the holiday is between Halloween and Christmas. The allure of Halloween has slowly taken over Europe and far-flung locales, and many communities across the U.S. now hold Christmas parades earlier and earlier in November.
— City Journal (November 25)   (Pocket)  

Miss America reflects on her reign, talks about how brother with special needs inspires her activism - NBC News

Emma Broyles is the first Korean American and first Miss Alaska to win the title. As her reign comes to an end next month, she talked with NBC News about her longtime activism with the group, her identity as a biracial Asian American and her advocacy for Alaskan Native communities.
— NBC (November 25)   (Pocket)  

Colorado Springs & The Left's Blood Libel - The American Conservative

This community pressed up against the Rockies was known for years as the Vatican of Evangelicals — a home base for a well-funded, well-organized conservative Christian political movement that broadcast dire warnings about the dangers of homosexuality to the nation, and in the early 1990s was instrumental in making Colorado the only state to ever pass a law making it legal to discriminate against people based on sexual orientation.
— The American Conservative (November 24)   (Pocket)  

Traveling tips on how you can support local communities when abroad - USA TODAY

About 66% of the 30,000 American surveyed in Booking.com's Sustainable Travel Report 2022 said they "want to have authentic experiences that are representative of the local culture." And about a quarter of respondents said, "they would be willing to pay more for travel activities to ensure they are giving back to local communities."
— USA Today (November 21)   (Pocket)  

Canada's Latin American community is growing, and universities must improve teaching about the region

Canada's Latinx community is growing fast. That signals a greater need for Latinx studies at Canadian universities. (Shutterstock)This past October marked the fourth annual Latin American Heritage Month in Canada. The month recognizes the social, economic and political contributions of Latinx people in Canada and the broad demographic changes underway. Recent census data shows that the number of people identifying as Latinx in Canada is growing fast. In B.C. the number of Latinx people has increased by nearly 50 per cent since the 2016 census. In cities like Hamilton, Ont. the Latinx diaspora is one of the fastest growing immigrant groups.
— The Conversation (November 12)   (Pocket)  

Colorado Board of Education approves adding contested LGBTQ, POC language back to social study standards - The Denver Post

The board revisited its social study standards to comply with a 2019 bill passed by the state legislature that sought to add more diverse views into students’ social studies lessons. The bill said students must learn about the history, social contributions and culture of American Indians, Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, the LGBTQ community and religious minorities.
— Denver Post (November 12)   (Pocket)  

Bitcoin Holds Fast Over 16K, but Crypto Winter Could Be Prolonged

The CoinDesk Market Index (CDI), an index measuring cryptos' performance, barely moved as investors continued to absorb recent events stemming from crypto exchange giant FTX’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last Friday and the latest revelations about its mismanagement.
— Coin Desk (November 19)   (Pocket)  

House panel to hold hearing on cryptocurrency exchange FTX collapse

Lawmakers plan to investigate the failure of FTX, the large crypto exchange that collapsed last week and filed for bankruptcy protection, leaving investors and customers staring at losses that could total in the billions of dollars.
— PBS (November 17)   (Pocket)  

FTX's Bahamas unit seeks Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection -filing

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.
— Reuters (November 17)   (Pocket)  

FTX collapse prompts other cryptocurrency firms to suspend withdrawals

Bankruptcy filing for $32 billion firm follows inability to give customers their money On Friday, cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading Ltd. and 134 affiliated firms filed for bankruptcy protection, and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried resigned as CEO, turning over control to John Ray III, who also oversaw the liquidation of Enron Corp.…
— The Register (November 16)   (Pocket)  

Crypto: what could more regulation mean for the future of digital currencies?

Crypto trader. Phongphan / ShutterstockThe founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, has called for more regulatory clarity after a week of crypto market chaos and a year in which investors are estimated to have lost US$2 trillion (£1.7 trillion). “We do need to increase the clarity of regulations and the sophistication of regulations in the crypto space,” Zhao said to a gathering of G20 leaders at a summit in Bali. But it is not only regulators that bear responsibility for protecting people, the industry should also look at new models that could help. The recent collapse of FTX – which has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US, but was valued at ...
— The Conversation (November 16)   (Pocket)  

Democrat megadonor goes bust, crypto fortune vanishes in house-of-cards collapse

Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, who donated more than $40 million to Democratic candidates and a network of super PACs this year, has been wiped out and stepped down as CEO of FTX.com after the cryptocurrency exchange filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
— Washington Times (November 13)   (Pocket)