Wednesday, December 14, 2016

@21:00, 12/14/16

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Opinion

Race and the Broken Prisons of New York State

Readers discuss reform and the inquiry opened by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

Racism is the prison system.

2
Technology

Uber Expands Its Self-Driving Car Service to San Francisco

The ride-hailing company debuted the service this year in Pittsburgh. Riders in San Francisco using the UberX option can be assigned to a self-driving vehicle.

Uber is pushing the regulators.
Uber should lose.

3
U.S.

The Oakland Fire: What We Know About Fire Inspections and the Neighborhood

The Oakland fire chief said the Ghost Ship warehouse did not appear to have been inspected, and a community activist said the Fruitvale neighborhood’s problems ran deep.

Fire inspection is an opportunity to extract cash.


Public Editor

A Trump Cabinet Pick and the Ties That Bind

The Times was slow to tell readers that three big names rolled out by the president-elect to talk up Rex Tillerson had all worked for Exxon Mobil.

There is nothing for the public to do about the cabinet.
Congress gets to advise and consent.

5
Technology

Daily Report: When Cars and Tech Repeatedly Collide

The government proposed rules requiring new cars and small trucks to transmit speed, location and direction data, and Alphabet is spinning off its self-driving project.

Net connections are hackable.

6
Opinion

A First Job for President Trump: Veterans’ Housing

The Los Angeles district attorney and the head of a veterans’ group call for making veterans’ housing a priority.

It is just noise so far.

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U.S.

Reversing Course, E.P.A. Says Fracking Can Contaminate Drinking Water

The agency’s report comes as President-elect Donald J. Trump has vowed to expand the gas and oil extraction technique and roll back existing regulations on the process.

"Environmentalists seized on the new report as evidence that the federal government should strengthen federal protections on fracking.
“This report acknowledges what far too many communities across this country know to be true — fracking is a threat to our clean drinking water,” said Madeleine Foote, the legislative representative for the League of Conservation Voters."

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Travel

Seeing Africa by Road

A 4,250-mile, 16-day trip through six countries with five children and four hardheaded adults. What could go wrong?
U.S.

After a Crime, the Price of a Second Chance

A program called diversion was supposed to spare low-level offenders the ruinous consequences of a criminal record. Then money got in the way.
Technology

Twitter Has the Right to Suspend Donald Trump. But It Shouldn’t.

The president-elect’s tweets are arguably inciting harassment against his critics. But Twitter’s conduct rules are too vague to merit banning Mr. Trump.

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