Read This, Not That

5 must-read pieces from the last few weeks of Read This, Not That:

1. Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?
The indifference of the Texas justice system to the execution of a likely innocent man. It’s worth noting that this is the article that actually led us to create RTNT.

2. Is Iran a Real Threat?
A look, past the hype, at whether Iran is actually weaponizing and, if so, whether we should care.

3. On Patti Smith
A profile of the fearless career of Patti Smith, who rose over the past 40 years from poet to rock star to icon.

4. The Commercialization of Cancer
Forgotten amid the fury over Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s defunding of Planned Parenthood this week is the fact that Komen was never a wonderful organization to begin with.

5. How Target Knows You’re Pregnant
How retailers collect your data and, using the science of habit formation, analyze it to make a profit.

Please let us know what articles you love (and what ones you don’t). Also, some changes to RTNT are on the way… more on that soon.

Until then, happy reading.

- Chase Whiteside, Editor