#887 Making Provisions (Poverty)
Today we take a look at the state of poverty in America and some ideas of how to address it
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#886 Our annual collective waste of time (War on Christmas)
Today, after weeks of discussing the wrongful deaths of unarmed citizens at the hands of brutal policing policies, the illegal and immoral systematic torture of prisoners carried out in our names and the inescapable reach of rape culture infused in our society, we’re finally able to dedicate our last new episode of the year to one of the nations most pressing issues
Read more#885 A guide to doing it all wrong (The UVA Story - Rape Culture)
Today we take a look at the fallout from a badly reported case of rape at a UVA frat house. Rolling Stone seemed to be trying to help but with a completely upside-down approach of how to expose the problems of rape culture, compounded by one journalistic blunder after another, they only succeeded in making the problem worse.
Read more#884 One of our Blackest Marks (The Torture Report)
Today we take a look at the recently released Senate torture report and attempt to give guidance on how it should and should NOT be received
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#883 Put your money where our future is (Climate)
Today we take a look at the economics of energy and the implications for the climate. Turns out the pressure to create a clean energy future is making that future a good bet for investors
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