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2016 in Review, 2nd quarter: April, May, June

Here are some of the most popular posts from the second quarter of 2016:

Why aren't more philosophers writing about climate change? (April)

Why do undergraduate women give up on philosophy? (April)

On study of the humanities (April)

Dickinson College has now terminated tenured philosophy professor Crispin Sartwell (April) 

McMahan's defense of "effective altruism" against the philosophical critics (April)

Carrie Jenkins's electric scooter and other revelations (April)

Ludlow and Northwestern undergraduate settle their lawsuits against each other, and both criticize Northwestern (April)

How hard or easy to move from a faculty position in the developing world to a tenure-track job in North America (for a student with a North American PhD) (April)

Best Anglophone moral philosophers since 1945 (April)

Best Anglophone political philosophers since 1945 (May)

Marquette poli sci professor sues university (May)

Recent PhD placement data: women more likely than men to secure permanent positions within two years of the PhD (May)

Anglophone departments aren't "Departments of European and American Philosophy"… (May) 

Where did the positive valence associated with the idea of "diversity" come from? (May) 

Another creepy Thomas Pogge incident (May) 

How one top ten department understands faculty hiring (May)

A classic metablog moment (June) 

Thinking about a major in philosophy at WIU? Think again (Christopher Pynes, guest-blogger, June) 

160 faculty, including almost all Yale philosophy faculty, sign open letter of protest about Thomas Pogge's conduct (June)

The slave revolt in philosophy, redux (June)

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