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Our click & deliver consumer economy is polluting this California town, literally and politically. @Buzzfeed reports http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicagarrison/how-our-shopping-harms-the-lungs-of-california-children#307ce5o …
.@NOLAnews investigates how some inmate deaths go uncounted (or uninvestigated) in Orleans Parish http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/10/deaths_go_uncounted_at_orleans.html … #muckreads
Pyramid schemes are illegal, multilevel marketing companies aren’t. @AJEnglish investigates a MLM targeting latinos http://projects.aljazeera.com/2014/multilevel-marketing/herbalife.html …
Bad evidence and mistakes put an innocent 17-year-old in prison for 20 years. http://www.tulsaworld.com/newshomepage1/shadow-of-doubt-records-show-mistakes-questionable-evidence-in-woman/article_8be38089-bd87-53e0-8392-40c6d287bf09.html … #MuckReads pic.twitter.com/pOxqIr1xZ1
What happens when a politically connected free-market ideologue runs a charter schools? A case study in one state: http://propub.ca/1ruVPpQ
This yr, nearly 1/3 of immigrants repatriated to Mexico returned to state U.S. citizens are advised to avoid http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/10/16/deported-mexicanimmigrantspreyforcartels.html …
Who was behind the #DarkMoney that helped defeat State Sen. Jessica King? She had no way to know for until August: http://propub.ca/1sTtvmS
At Orleans Parish Prison, if an inmate doesn’t die while in custody, it doesn’t show up on prison rolls: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/10/deaths_go_uncounted_at_orleans.html … v @NOLAnews
L.A. police commission approved gift of 50 taser guns supplied thru police foundation in less than 5 seconds. http://propub.ca/1sIb7gB
No credit, little cash, no bank account, no problem… you can still get an old iPad for $1,400. #Muckreads
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/10/16/she-bought-a-sofa-on-installment-payments-now-its-straining-her-life/ …
6 months later: Boko Haram may release Nigerian school girls, according to military officials http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29665165 … pic.twitter.com/pFgssRSS5d
.@WHO admits failure to see risks of #Ebola outbreak in West African countries— internal email http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/17/world-health-organisation-botched-ebola-outbreak … pic.twitter.com/6wNX3xy6PO
Ohio, Texas closed schools amid #Ebola fears. Doctors say they overreacted. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/16/solon-ohio-ebola-school-closings/17343431/ … How it spreads: http://www.vox.com/cards/ebola-facts-you-need-to-know/ebola-virus-isnt-easily-spread-not-airborne-how-do-you-get-ebola?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=card-bottom&utm_medium=social#E6717642 …
The next Attorney General could make a lasting difference in at least one respect: Presidential Pardons. http://propub.ca/1uhN3xF
.@NIH director said #Ebola vaccine not here due to cuts. @voxdotcom claims otherwise:
http://www.vox.com/2014/10/16/6987825/ebola-budget-nih-collins-vaccine … pic.twitter.com/v9V2FALj9P
Cheaper oil prices means cheaper gas. The bad news: It also reflects a fragile global economy. @NPRNews explains:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/10/16/356178810/as-oil-prices-fall-who-wins-and-who-loses …
FBI dir.: Google, Apple should dial back encryption. http://recode.net/2014/10/16/fbi-director-calls-on-good-people-of-apple-google-to-dump-new-encryption/ … (full transcript: http://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches/going-dark-are-technology-privacy-and-public-safety-on-a-collision-course …) pic.twitter.com/2xBtVGCsTq
Fighting big money with big money: this anti-Super PAC Super PAC raised 1.5M in last two months: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/mayday-pac-super-pac-politics-elections-111925.html …
The gov’t killed a report on how it spent money in each state. So these 2 think tanks took up the effort: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/10/16/what-do-you-do-when-the-feds-cut-a-valuable-program-build-your-own-of-course/ …
Why the poor pay $1,400 for old iPads and more in #MuckReads Weekly http://propub.ca/1sRaykm
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