CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 08/12
Reaction to a historic pick --- Kamala Harris for Vice President. Two major conferences postpone college football. New research on how coronavirus spreads. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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NBN Book of the Day - Christopher Newfield, “The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2016)
In The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), Christopher Newfield diagnoses what he sees as a crisis in American public higher education.
He argues that since roughly the 1980s, American public universities have entered into a devolutionary cycle of defunding brought about by privatization. The influence of private sector practices on public higher education, Newfield argues, has fundamentally shifted the view of higher education in American society from a public good to a private good.
Despite this bleak assessment, Newfield’s book provides a roadmap for how to fix this crisis in public higher education. A central component of his plan is recognizing the university as a public good by acknowledging its wide range of benefits to society and democracy more generally.
Newfield’s book will interest scholars from many disciplines, including higher education, U.S. political history, and the history of inequality in America.
Christopher Newfield is a professor of literature and American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Steven P. Rodriguez is a PhD candidate in history at Vanderbilt University. His research focuses on the history of Latin American student migration to the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. You can reach him at steven.p.rodriguez@vanderbilt.edu and follow his twitter at @SPatrickRod.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Therein Lai’s a tale: Hong Kong’s revealing arrests
The dramatic arrest of Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy newspaper owner, reveals just how enthusiastically Beijing’s new security law will be deployed to quash any dissent. A reservoir is filling behind an enormous new dam in Ethiopia—and that has soured relations with Egypt downriver. And why Britain’s “urban explorers” may soon have far fewer derelict buildings to conquer.
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What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – Our Pandemic Learning Curve
The pandemic moves quickly. The scientific consensus changes slowly. Did we waste time waiting for data when we could have adopted low-cost safety measures?
Guest: New York Times reporter Apoorva Mandavilli.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Our Pandemic Learning Curve
The pandemic moves quickly. The scientific consensus changes slowly. Did we waste time waiting for data when we could have adopted low-cost safety measures?
Guest: New York Times reporter Apoorva Mandavilli.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Hawaiian Pizza, obesity and a second wave?
Covid-19 cases are rising in the UK - is it a sign of a second wave of the virus? We?re picking apart the data and asking how concerned we should be both now and as autumn approaches. Scotland is undercounting Covid deaths, England is overcounting them: we?ll ask why and whether the problems will be fixed.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver claims over a quarter of all the fruit and veg kids eat is in the form of pizza, can this be true? Plus, as some people are blaming obesity for the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in the UK, we?ll find out how big a difference it really makes.
Short Wave - 1st U.S. Dog With COVID-19 Has Died, And There’s A Lot We Still Don’t Know
Buddy, an adult German shepherd from Staten Island, was the first dog in the U.S. to test positive for the coronavirus. His death reveals just how little we know about COVID-19 and pets. Natasha Daly reported on Buddy's story exclusively for National Geographic.
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What A Day - Kamala As You Are
Senator Kamala Harris was announced as Biden’s VP pick yesterday, which will make her the first black woman and first Asian American to be a on major party ticket. We discuss her record on the 2020 campaign trail, as an incisive presence in Senate hearings, and as California’s attorney general.
The Big 10 and the Pac 12 college conferences announced yesterday that they will postpone their fall sports seasons due to the pandemic. A group of student athletes have formed an informal union, and say they want to play this season: but only if schools institute universal health and safety standards.
And in headlines: Russia approves a Covid-19 vaccine, TSA seizes more guns than ever at security, and gaiters might not be good medical masks.
The NewsWorthy - Historic VP Pick, Fall Football Canceled & Blockbuster Airbnb- Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
The news to know for Wednesday, August 12th, 2020!
We'll tell you about:
- Joe Biden's VP pick: why it's historic, where she stands on the issues, and the reaction from the Trump campaign.
- what happened at a Georgia school that reopened recently
- what a new study shows about the effectiveness of different types of masks
- some of the most popular college football teams not playing this fall
- another big tech leader who just became a billionaire
- how $5 could get you a lot more than a rental at the world's last Blockbuster store
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...
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Sources:
Biden Picks Running Mate: AP, WaPo, WSJ, Axios, Politico, FOX News, NAACP
Big 10 and Pac 12 Postpone Fall Sports: ESPN, Sports Illustrated, NBC News, NY Times
Georgia, Florida Death Toll Records: Johns Hopkins, WaPo, Axios, AP, AJC
Different Masks Tested: WaPo, ABC News, SF Chronicle, Full Study
Russia Announces COVID-19 Vaccine: CBS News, AP, Reuters, Axios
Moderna Announces U.S. Vaccine Deal: WSJ, CNN, CNBC, Axios
Phoenix Heat Records: Arizona Republic, KSAZ, NWS
Apple CEO Becomes a Billionaire: CNN, The Verge, Boomberg
Walmart Tests Same-Day Delivery: Engadget, The Verge, CNBC
Hamilton’s Popularity on Disney+: Variety, Forbes, FOX Business
Blockbuster Sleepover on Airbnb: CNN, Engadget, USA Today, Mashable, Airbnb
Work Wednesday: CEOs to Hire 100k Low-Income New Yorkers: CBS News, ABC News, Press Release