News Headlines: January 9, 2023
EDUCATION
America's public schools are losing students; Public schools lost more than 1M students from fall 2019 to fall 2020
https://bit.ly/3VTc6Lh
Charter school innovation shouldn’t come at the expense of constitutional protections for students
https://bit.ly/3IuEGjb
The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth
https://bit.ly/3VVZl2o
Why Some Students Are Skipping College; The American higher-education system appears broken for all but the most well-off; Already-stretched families hesitate to extend themselves more
https://bit.ly/3QqXpOg
America’s Systemic Racism Problem Is Mostly In Woke, Anti-Asian Education Bureaucracies
https://bit.ly/3vLrPSc
Conservatives take aim at tenure for university professors; Universities are hiring more part-time, adjunct instructors amid declines in financial support from state governments
https://bit.ly/3vOsan6
University of Michigan Spends More Than $18M on DEI Staff Salary, Benefits: Report
https://bit.ly/3GMcdEa
A former Virginia Tech soccer player who accused her coach of benching her when she refused to kneel during a pregame social-justice demonstration will get $100K under a lawsuit settlement
https://bit.ly/3IyXE8k
Oregon Department of Education releases updated guidance, resources to support LGBTQ+ students
https://bit.ly/3VUZeEt
The key to finding happiness; A decades-long Harvard study has found that happiness comes from meaningful human relationships
https://cbsn.ws/3IABFhm
Virginia school district where 6-year-old allegedly shot teacher has had 3 school-related shootings in 17 months
https://nbcnews.to/3XdXFlZ
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
The New Industrial Age; Rebalancing trade through domestic production will help lessen tensions with China, realize the promise of a thriving democracy at home, and ensure that globalization works for all Americans, not just some
https://tinyurl.com/yck5jy8c
Push to expand trade, bring manufacturing closer to U.S. dominate focus of Biden’s trip to Mexico
https://bit.ly/3GPxEEs
White House issues new guidance for federal agencies to assess greenhouse gas emissions and climate change impacts when reviewing proposed infrastructure projects
https://tinyurl.com/44juxawk
The EPA wants more ‘renewable’ fuel. But what does that actually mean? 'Renewable fuels' like ethanol and biogas come at an environmental cost
https://bit.ly/3VMcF9K
Mercedes-Benz will build a $1B EV fast-charging network in the US
https://bit.ly/3XcofMj
The fate of America's largest lithium mine is in a federal judge's hands
https://n.pr/3ios1ni
Newspaper Blames 'Deregulation' for Regulated Electric Costs; Deregulated states may spend more on transmission, but that part of the market is still heavily regulated
https://bit.ly/3XhkeXd
Automakers are pouring $Ms into "flying taxis"; It's a critical time for the emerging urban air mobility sector
https://bit.ly/3Gs90rS
The Unrelenting Roar of a Crypto Mine Tore This Town Apart; Cryptocurrency aims to revolutionize finance, but its mines are destroying communities across America
https://bit.ly/3GK6uPg
Future concrete buildings could be made more durable — and environmentally friendly — using the long-lost building techniques of ancient Rome, a new study has found
https://bit.ly/3vJhZA3
How has ancient Roman cement stood test of time so well? Scientists have isolated the ingredient that allows Roman concrete to “self-heal,” making it stronger than its modern equivalent
https://bit.ly/3ZkKTEo
Public Health Researchers Float Idea of Climate-Change Warnings on Menu Items
https://bit.ly/3CvCALY
Genetically modified hens could end the culling of male chicks, tech company says
https://bit.ly/3ipuXzZ
Company Develops First Tractor in the World to be Completely Powered by Cow Dung
https://bit.ly/3Iyf3Od
McDonald's CEO says layoffs are coming
https://tinyurl.com/fdsremj2
McDonald's warns it will slash many of its 200,000 corporate staff in coming months, as Chicago-headquartered burger giant tackles inflation and upcoming recession
https://tinyurl.com/579nsz7z
What Can We Learn from Barnes & Noble's Surprising Turnaround? Digital platforms are struggling, meanwhile a 136-year-old book retailer is growing again. But why?
https://bit.ly/3GMMsmZ
Microsoft Looks to Add OpenAI’s Chatbot Technology to Word, Email
https://bit.ly/3iodnfM
Chinese scientists develop laser-powered drone to stay aloft ‘forever’; System uses laser beam to power optics-driven drone remotely by converting light energy into electricity
https://tinyurl.com/mr2buvr8
Starlink satellite trains - is this the future of the night sky? A recent FCC authorization approved the launch of 7,500 more satellites
https://tinyurl.com/4fd5xrjh
It’s Time for a National Success Fund; There’s a better way to spread the fruits of innovation
https://bit.ly/3X0KULZ
PUBLIC SAFETY
Rapid tests for Covid, RSV and the flu are available in Europe. Why not in the U.S.?
https://nbcnews.to/3CuUJK6
China in talks with Pfizer for generic COVID treatment
https://tinyurl.com/2zmrzw5h
China suspends social media accounts of COVID policy critics
https://bit.ly/3ZhRGP1
Damar Hamlin's Collapse & The Inevitable mRNA Vaccine Questions; A tragic sports news story takes on a predictable second life
https://bit.ly/3CyvTsu
What Rice-Farming Cultures Can Teach Us about Pandemic Preparedness; Societies that farm rice over wheat tend to be more tight-knit and interdependent
https://bit.ly/3GLPDvr
Why we should anthropomorphize COVID-19 and the flu; New research shows endowing diseases with human qualities makes people more likely to comply with health recommendations
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Meet the biology professor who named the surging ‘Kraken’ COVID variant. He has more to help make sense of Omicron’s ‘alphabet soup’
https://bit.ly/3ZwAxBt
America’s intelligence agencies failed to protect us from China’s bio-warfare program
https://bit.ly/3iu6b1v
Big Meat just can’t quit antibiotics
https://bit.ly/3CxFJuI
Aging Is Linked to More Activity in Short Genes Than in Long Genes; A detailed examination of gene activity in various organisms, including humans, reveals a new hallmark of the aging process
https://bit.ly/3GmAgrJ
How sleep shapes what we remember—and forget; Researchers are starting to decode the neural changes during sleep that underlie long-term memory
https://bit.ly/3W9hXfP
This AI is no doctor, but its medical diagnoses are pretty spot on
https://bit.ly/3WUKuqz
Urine luck: these CES startups want to take a closer look at your waste
https://tcrn.ch/3Iuy6Jq
‘Killer robots’ and AI: Many people prefer robots over humans; It’s clear that a substantial element of the public prefers to deal with robots instead of human cashiers, tellers and cops
https://bit.ly/3XgCjV0
Alcohol use is widely accepted in the US, but even moderate consumption is associated with many harmful effects
https://bit.ly/3vNxE1s
The breakneck development and deployment of facial recognition technology are outstripping efforts to corral alarming pitfalls
https://bit.ly/3Zm9NTO
The infrastructure bill includes a little-noticed ‘safety’ measure that will take effect in five years. It amounts to a ‘vehicle kill switch’
https://bit.ly/3Qqwpyp
U.S. appeals court strikes down ban on bump stocks
https://tinyurl.com/577ez73f
Bump Stocks Are (Still) a Matter for Congress; An appeals court finds the ban illegal, creating a circuit split
https://bit.ly/3Xbl7jW
Gun Control Groups Twist Heritage Foundation Data Out of Recognition in Court Documents
https://tinyurl.com/5t4nk2pz
California is working hard to pass gun laws — and even harder to defend them
https://politi.co/3im3QWn
Walgreens executive: "Maybe we cried too much" about shoplifting, thefts; Walgreens' shrink rate dropped from 3.5% in 2021 to 2.5% in the most recent quarter
https://bit.ly/3WUJuml
The horrifying revelations of the Idaho student murders; What the Idaho student murder investigation tells us about how criminal justice should work
https://bit.ly/3XxorWX
Cellphones, cameras, DNA: how police caught Idaho student killings suspect
https://tinyurl.com/4kkkynmu
Never-before-seen photos and details about the man accused of murdering four Idaho college students
https://cbsn.ws/3ioeXy9
Ex-FBI agent says Idaho murder suspect may have used anonymous online account to talk about crimes
https://bit.ly/3WWFuSi
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Lori Lightfoot, NYC Mayor Eric Adams demand Colorado governor stop bussing migrants to their cities
https://cbsn.ws/3Zd5EBE
Colorado cancels plans to send migrants to NYC, Chicago amid outcry from Democratic mayors
https://fxn.ws/3vNOKw3
Blacks blast Mayor Lightfoot’s plan to house migrants on South Side
https://bit.ly/3vOFhVg
STATE & FEDERAL
The U.S. Could Help Solve Its Poverty Problem with a Universal Basic Income
https://bit.ly/3GLIew0
In 13 states, a family can receive annualized unemployment benefits worth more than the median household income
https://tinyurl.com/2m7tmufy
Census: Nearly 3M Americans cited COVID for not working last month
https://bit.ly/3W0i2SK
The Left’s Latest ‘Public Option’ Scheme to Rig Health Care Markets; For the benefits to be real, the competition must be real
https://tinyurl.com/432cve3c
Minnesota Democrats move quickly to codify abortion access in state law
https://bit.ly/3IvuYgv
Proposal to make it harder to change Ohio Constitution likely stalled again; Those who want to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution have an opening
https://bit.ly/3WYd3Dp
Idaho Supreme Court upholds all abortion laws challenged in Planned Parenthood cases
https://bit.ly/3QtD6A4
Chevron Doctrine continues to haunt the courts; Judges are often not allowed to interpret the law using their best judgment. Instead, it’s the executive branch that frequently has the last word on the meaning of the statutes that define its own authority
https://bit.ly/3GLRzEd
Don't Underestimate Clarence Thomas; Justice Thomas' footprints are all over the Court's recently concluded term
https://bit.ly/3GK3PVD
The Supreme Court has a legitimacy crisis. Here’s one easy way to help fix it; Broadcasting coverage of Supreme Court arguments is an idea that is neither radical nor partisan
https://tinyurl.com/mrm3wn4e
The Conservative Who Wants to Bring Down the Supreme Court; The lawyer who wrote Texas’s abortion ban has a bigger project—disempowering the judiciary—that may appeal to liberals, too
https://bit.ly/3XgjSQt
Speaker McCarthy: A weakened leader or emboldened survivor?
https://bit.ly/3IuHNYb
The Shakespearean Tragedy of Kevin McCarthy, Prince of Washington; Warring factions, a man possessed by naked ambition, a tragic fall from grace. Where have we seen this play before?
https://politi.co/3GQaIVi
After chaotic week, McCarthy faces new battle as House votes on rules package; Some Republicans indicate they may withhold support unless details of concessions made to hard-right lawmakers are unveiled
https://tinyurl.com/ymhkdbyj
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace says she might oppose House rules package, calls Gaetz a "fraud"
https://cbsn.ws/3WNwHSx
McCarthy concessions to win Speakership raise eyebrows
https://bit.ly/3k1BsJK
McCarthy’s concessions to far-right Republicans risk tanking the global economy; The US defaulting on its debt would risk tanking the US and global economy
https://tinyurl.com/yna9sk26
McCarthy’s Hollow Victory Will Have Economic and Political Consequences; If the new House Speaker is to get anything done, he will need to retain the support of far-right extremists
https://bit.ly/3k1lFdZ
McCarthy Is Cutting Deals With the Big Lie’s Worst Offenders
https://bit.ly/3Qj5Jjn
House minority whip: ‘The keys have been handed over to extremists’
https://bit.ly/3ICs8WS
Republicans defend speaker votes: Messy, but it worked
https://politi.co/3VUFcdg
The Party of One Becomes the Party of None; The GOP is shrugging off its subservience to Trump, but with no one left to fill the void
https://politi.co/3k1B5Pm
McCarthy’s speaker chaos could make Democrats more powerful; A fractured GOP could be good news for Democrats
https://bit.ly/3GPIgDh
McCarthy Won the Battle, But Definitely Not the War; The anti-McCarthy faction was rewarded for its non-cooperation. Now we get to watch these people attempt to govern
https://bit.ly/3VSW3gs
Why Empower the Speaker? The House majority party historically centralizes power in its leader—but with Democrats controlling the Senate, some conservatives see that arrangement as a liability
https://bit.ly/3jP7p7Q
Fixing Congress' Broken Appropriations Process Is Worth This Mess; A rank-and-file revolt against the top-down process that both parties have used to control the House in recent years
https://bit.ly/3Zh3FfN
Media Contempt for Political Deliberation; But passage of a $1.7T spending bill no one has read is seen as wondrous for democracy
https://bit.ly/3VPkjAh
Back in their districts, House speaker holdouts get cheers, jeers and shrugs
https://bit.ly/3IydsYJ
McCarthy’s Day One Plan: Gut the Office of Congressional Ethics
https://bit.ly/3WYv8kM
The House GOP Is All Revved Up to Investigate the Investigators
https://bit.ly/3Gnbbgx
The feds say they're in for the long haul in the Jan. 6 investigation. There is a time limit
https://nbcnews.to/3vLw6VC
Michigan AG pledges to pursue case against Trump electors
https://abcn.ws/3GkXEWG
Biden in Mexico: Crises on the agenda, but opportunity is in the air; The three North American leaders meeting in Mexico next week are well positioned, in theory, to take advantage of shifts in global trade
https://bit.ly/3IA5LkS
Texas governor greets Biden with scathing letter as president visits border: 'emboldened the cartels'
https://fxn.ws/3QnpOos
Biden's new border plan undercuts campaign vow to restore asylum access
https://tinyurl.com/5vkhw6am
Biden's new immigration policy has something for everyone to hate
https://bit.ly/3QpCawg
Biden’s ‘carrot and stick’ approach to deter migrants met with anger; Advocates attack president’s failure to uphold campaign pledges ahead of first visit to southern border since he took office
https://tinyurl.com/2vw39w4z
Why migrants are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers
https://tinyurl.com/yc7aexts
The flood of illegals, which has exceeded 2.5M in calendar year 2022, has strained our entire system at the federal, state, and local level
https://fxn.ws/3VRg477
The Army National Guard vs. The Invading Cartel Armies; How our Governors decide to leverage Constitutional authorities will determine if this war can be won
https://bit.ly/3VSUUph
Jim Jordan previews military spending cuts under GOP-led House: ‘Everything has to be on the table'
https://bit.ly/3VUxZKf
Ukraine war: What does facial recognition software make of Putin’s backdrop crowd?
https://tinyurl.com/mzatjea6
Will Global Emissions Plateau in 2023? Four Trends to Watch
https://bit.ly/3WKPLkl
Report says California plan to reach ambitious emissions reduction goals lacks ‘clear strategy’
https://bit.ly/3VTCJ2w
Settled Science and the Politics of Knowledge; Climate catastrophe keeps getting delayed, yet our doom remains imminent
https://bit.ly/3Iwx8fC
International nuclear fusion project may be delayed by years; Facility in France still far from being able to show feasibility of generating carbon-free energy despite recent breakthrough in US
https://tinyurl.com/7bebt9f3
20 quadrillion ants and what they mean for the planet; There are 2.5M of these tiny creatures for each human and they play a big role as ecosystem engineers, as well as providing insights on everything from the climate to aging
https://tinyurl.com/566jfmu7
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Compromise is a stalling between two fools.
--Stephen Fry