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I got dismissed from the jury, so I’m one happy man! (Like 12 Angry Men, only I’m just one man and this free time makes me happy.) This week we’ve got lots of culture and ruminations, but still plenty of news too. Enjoy!
DS#88: Shut Up, Burnout Hippie Dork!
Top Links
Malala Yousafzai on The Daily Show
Current Events
- Malala is awesome
- “Victory in France†as law banning fracking is upheld
- South Sudan child scrap metal diggers blown up by unexploded ordnance
- Mismanagement highlighted in East Timor
Economics
Education
Killer Robots, Etc
Hip-Hop
After an insanely long hiatus, we’re back! And we’ve got a special guest: Avner Vengosh! (Yes, the Avner Vengosh!)
DS #87: An Evening with Avner Vengosh
Top Links + Action
- NY Principal of the Year Carol Burris responds to Common Core Test Results
- Elizabeth Warren schools CNBC dorks
- Russian man turns tables on credit card contract
- Take Action:Â Indonesian government: Say sorry for 1965!
Current Events
- Israel uses white phosphorous, we don’t mind
- Tricia Rose on Tavis Smiley
- Chelsea Manning gets 35 years, comforts his lawyer
- The Murder of Christopher Lane
- Antoinette Tuff is totally awesome
- RIP Helen Thomas
- Cameroon gay rights activist found tortured and killed
- Dear Malala: This is Why We Shot You
- Burka Avenger
- Bone marrow ‘frees men of HIV drugs’
- EPA’s Abandoned Wyoming Fracking Study One Retreat of Many
- Fracking
- Teenager dies after being tasered in Miami
- Rand Paul on the Republican Party
- The Fifth Estate
Economics
- Detroit files for bankruptcy
- Stronger labor law in Bangladesh
- Ha Joon Chang: Corporations, complexity, and crime
- McDonalds tells workers to get a second job and turn off the heat
- BW: Debt-Ceiling brink has speed traders drooling
Education
- Who benefits from school closings?
- Jeb Bush’s education record becoming a liability
- Indiana won’t change school grades (previous superintendent fiddled with numbers)
- Slate: Parents left behind
Killer Robots, Etc
Hip-Hop
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