Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/5/7/18527237/pretrial-detention-jail-bail-reform-vera-institute-report…
Tag: Money
‘Universal Basic Income Doesn’t Work’
An anonymous reader shares an opinion piece from The Guardian, written by analyst, writer and head of social policy for the New Economics Foundation, Anna Coote: A study published this week sheds doubt on ambitious claims made for universal basic income (UBI), the scheme that would give everyone regular, unconditional cash payments that are enough to live on. Its advocates claim…
Florida Legislature approves bill requiring former felons to pay fines and fees before voting
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/5/3/18528564/amendment-4-florida-felon-voting-rights-fees…
Yes, the Internet is destroying our collective attention span
Source: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/5/3/18514330/distraction-collective-attention-research…
3 key moments from the House’s first-ever Medicare-for-all hearing
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/4/30/18523886/medicare-for-all-house-hearing-ady-barkan-testimony…
High School Production of ‘Alien’ Suprised By Visit From Sigourney Weaver
An anonymous reader quotes ABC News: ‘Alien: The Play’ returned to the stage at North Bergen High School one month after it took the internet by storm — thanks to its elaborate costumes, stage design and nostalgia for the original film, released in 1979. The drama club only had enough money to put the production on for two nights in March,…
When Digital Textbooks Make College Students Pay to Turn In Their Homework
Slashdot reader jyosim writes:
A professor at Arizona State U says he was let go from his teaching job in the economics department because he wouldn’t embrace assigning homework software that he says “requires students to pay just to turn in homework.” His students rushed to his defense on social media, saying that many of their courses now require them to pay…
Four Ways To Reduce Bad Scientific Research
An experimental psychologist at the University of Oxford argues that in two decades, “we will look back on the past 60 years — particularly in biomedical science — and marvel at how much time and money has been wasted on flawed research.” [M]any researchers persist in working in a way almost guaranteed not to deliver meaningful results. They ride with what…
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Rule on Abortion Referrals
An administration measure would bar groups that provide abortion referrals from receiving federal family planning money. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/science/title-x-injunction-abortion-referrals.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Can we trust the people who got us hooked on the internet to save us from it?
Source: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/25/18515981/google-tristan-harris-attention-economy-silicon-valley…