#5SmartReads - September 20, 2021

On generic drugs, police reform, and Diipa Büller-Khosla

Black Iowa police chief faces backlash after bringing change (Associated Press)

“I don’t think there’s been any police chief in America in a small- or medium-sized department that have endured this for the reasons I have endured it and I think the reasons have to do with race,” said Fitzgerald, who previously served as the chief of larger departments in Fort Worth, Texas and Allentown, Pennsylvania. “This is my fourth job being the first Black police chief. I’ve dealt with pushback in other places but never so overt. Never so nonfactual.”

No commentary on this one from me. Please just read it.