Thursday, January 19, 2017

@8:51, 1/19/17

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U.S.

Mexico or America? A Couple, One of Them Undocumented, Weigh the Risks of Where to Live

A family in Harlem struggles with whether to stay or go after vowing to leave in a Trump administration.

The new administration will make their life impossible where they are.
They must move or hide.
I cannot advise hiding.

2
Science

Absolutely Every Bit of Our Galaxy

With novel mathematical methods, scientists have come up with a new estimate for the mass of the Milky Way.

Close enough.
The novel mathematics is not shown.

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U.S.

Betsy DeVos Calls for End to ‘One Size Fits All’ Education

A Senate hearing for Ms. DeVos, a billionaire who did not attend public schools or send her children to them, became a debate over how to spend public money on education.

Someone will attempt to Trump public education.
The objection to public education is that it is effective.
The students are more acculturated.


The Upshot

Republican Men Say It’s a Better Time to Be a Woman Than a Man


The Republican men in the study are mistaken.

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Opinion

Denouncing Trump Won’t Help Disability Rights

Outrage over his blatant insensitivity is appropriate, but it isn’t serious political action.

Outrage is what can be done now.
It must not be allowed to delay other efforts.

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Business Day

General Motors to Invest $1 Billion in Its U.S. Factories

G.M. will become the latest automaker to respond to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s call to bolster manufacturing in the United States.

General Motors is doing the best it can to stay profitable.

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Science

Almost Two-Thirds of Primate Species Near Extinction, Scientists Find

From gorillas to gibbons, a wide-ranging survey finds that the world’s primates are in steep decline.

The world is overburdened with humanity.

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Opinion

America’s Great Working-Class Colleges

Dozens of colleges are vaulting thousands of low-income students into the middle class and beyond, and yet are being starved of funding.

Funding has seized by an oligarchy bent on preserving itself.

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Opinion

The Assault on Health and Safety Begins

In their efforts to weaken or end many regulations, Republicans would take away protections that Americans have relied on for years.

"Who will bell the cat?"

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Well

Running May Be Good for Your Knees

Knees of runners showed substantially lower levels of two types of cells that can contribute to inflammation and promote arthritis.

I will not stop your running.

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