David ChaplinBillionaires Billionaire philanthropy is a ‘PR scam,’ says CEO who raised his workers’ minimum pay to $70,000 verified_publisherMarketWatch - Leslie Albrecht He’s not buying what America’s billionaires are selling. The CEO known for increasing his employees’ base annual pay to $70,000 says wealthy people …
David ChaplinTorture The scars of solitary: Albert Woodfox on freedom after 44 years in a concrete cell verified_publisherThe Guardian - Ed PilkingtonEvery morning for almost 44 years, Albert Woodfox would awake in his 6ft by 9ft concrete cell and brace himself for the day ahead. He was America’s longest-serving solitary confinement prisoner, and each...
David ChaplinKenya Nairobi Woman Brilliantly Recycles Plastic Waste Into Paver Bricks That Are Stronger Than Concrete laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn photo via Gjenge Makers Materials engineer and entrepreneur Nzambi Matee is the founder Gjenge Makers, an environmentally-conscious start-up company …
David Chaplin 20 books Brian Eno thinks will help rebuild civilisation faroutmagazine.co.uk - Far Out Staff In these trying times, when the idea of one’s mortality alongside the genuine possibility of the dissolution of the human race becomes a near-daily …
David Chaplin 800 California inmates gave their prison wages to send a kid they'd never met to college verified_publisherupworthy.com - Tod Perry "Exercises In Empathy" is a popular program among the inmates at Soledad State Prison in California. It's a book club where inmates get together to …