Pew – As the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag turns 5 years old, a look at its evolution on Twitter and how Americans view social media’s impact on political and civic engagement: “This month marks the fifth anniversary of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, which was first coined following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. [read post]

Criminal malefactions dot almost every decade – General Electric and Westinghouse in the electric company conspiracies; Armand Hammer and George Steinbrenner for violation of election contribution laws, Charles Keating and the S&L crisis, Ivan Boesky and Michael Milkin in the eighties, WorldCom and Enron in the early years of this decade, and the finance sector as a whole in the new century. [read post]