In the United States, Black infants die at over twice the rate of White infants. New research explores one key factor that may contribute to the disproportionately high rates of death among Black newborns: the race of their doctor. Reproductive health equity researcher Rachel Hardeman explains the findings.
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The NewsWorthy - In-Person Early Voting, TikTok Deal Update & Space Reality Show- Friday, September 18th, 2020
The news to know for Friday, September 18th, 2020!
What to know about:
- early voting as some states open up polling places today
- warnings from the FBI director about election interference
- an update about a possible TikTok ban
- The Emmy Awards happening this weekend
- a reality show that will take someone to space
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.
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Sources:
Early In-Person Voting Begins: USA Today, Vote.Org, Chicago Tribune, CNN
Check Mail-in Voting Rules: USA.gov
FBI Director on Election Interference: NY Times, WSJ, Axios, The Hill, FBI, Trump Tweet
Woman Accuses Trump of Assault: The Guardian, NY Times, WaPo, Reuters
Tik Tok-Oracle Deal Update: NPR, Yahoo! Finance, CNBC
Facebook Will Stop Recommending Health Groups: Engadget, The Verge, CNBC, Facebook
Space Reality Show Coming: The Verge, TechCrunch, Deadline, CNN
Primetime Emmy Awards: AP, CNBC, Time, Emmys
Feel Good Friday- 11-year-old Donates 22,000 Diapers: ABC News, Good News Network
The Goods from the Woods - “The Corona Diaries #84”
Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #84. Music at the end is "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" by The Band.
The Daily Signal - What Mia Love Has To Say About Race, Riots, and Black Lives Matter
Mia Love, the first black Republican woman in Congress, represented the state of Utah from 2015 to 2019. She joins The Daily Signal podcast to discuss her perspective on the riots and violence this summer, how it has impacted America, and her views of the Black Lives Matter organization.
We also cover these stories:
- FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday during a hearing that Antifa is no joke.
- Last week, 790,000 Americans applied for unemployment for the first time according to the Department of Labor.
- President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, is taking issue with the timeline of Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for the coronavirus vaccine.
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Opening Arguments - OA422: Road to Sedition aka Bill Barr, Evil POS
Certified supervillain Bill Barr has a new plan to arrest protestors for sedition and subversion. How worried should we be about this? What's the legal basis? As always, we've got the full breakdown!
Before that, we briefly preview a horrifying story about possible eugenics being perpetrated by ICE. It's horrendous. We hope it's not real, but unfortunately... it might be. We also give some updates on the government taking over for Trump in the E. Jean Carroll case.
Links: DC v. Ballenger, 28 US Code § 1447 - Procedure after removal generally, Barr Tells Prosecutors to Consider Charging Violent Protesters With Sedition, Harry Bridges - Wikipedia, 18 US Code § 2385 - Advocating overthrow of Government, Dennis v. U.S., 341 U.S. 494 (1950), Robert G. Thompson, Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), 18 US Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy, US v Rahman, 189 F. 3d 88 (2nd Cir. 1999), Omar Abdel-Rahman.
The Stack Overflow Podcast - Oracle wants to Tok, Nvidia Arms Up
Oracle is in the midst of trying to negotiate and get approved a deal that would allow it to acquire Tik Tok's US Operations, and allow Tik Tok to avoid a ban on its service in the United States. For US citizens, software being banned over geopolitical concerns is a new reality.
What will happen to the code if the deal goes through? Is there a clean room where software updates are inspected before rolling out? Is data segregated to local servers, and if so, will it be siloed from the rest of Tik Tok's global user base?
Tik Tok users have thoughts on what is really happening with their private data.
In the second half of the episode we talk about Nvidia's purchase of Arm from Softbank. Paul and Sara speculate about what this means for our personal computers and mobile devices, as well as its implications for GPU programming, which has found new homes in burgeoning fields like machine learning and crypto mining.
If you're a reader looking to spend some quality time with other book worms, check out this Kickstarter from our friend Jeffrey Zie.
No lifeboats this week, but be sure to check out this amazing question on the math behind spider webs.
The Gist - Fuel for a Cold War
On the Gist, Trump deals in the Middle East.
In the interview, we’ve got the second half of Mike’s conversation with Daniel Yergin, an energy expert who has advised the past four presidential administrations and author of The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations. He and Mike talk about the looming cold war with China, how our change in the global energy market affects that relationship, and what transitions to alternative energy sources could look like.
In the spiel, medical atrocities at a detention center.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - New Podcast Sheds Light On Chicago’s Roots In Modern White Supremacy Movement
The newest season of WBEZ’s Motive podcast explores how America's white supremacist movement recruits young people, and how the playbook started in Chicago’s punk music scene.
We’ll hear from the podcast’s host and one of its lead subjects for a preview of season three.
Pod Save America - “Herd mentality.”
Trump publicly rebukes his CDC Director for testifying that masks are effective and a vaccine might take awhile, he faces tough questions from undecided voters in a live town hall, and the results of our new Pollercoaster survey with Change Research show that infrequent and undecided voters are most persuaded by Joe Biden’s plans on the economy, health care, racial justice, climate, and education. Then communications guru Anat Shenker-Osorio talks to Dan about the most effective ways to talk to voters in the homestretch.
Consider This from NPR - This Election Season Is Shaping Up To Be The Most Litigated Ever
During the 2000 Presidential election season, it took 36 days and a Supreme Court decision before George W. Bush became the 43rd president of the United States.
Before that final Supreme Court decision, there was a five-week battle over the ballots, the rules, the laws and the courts. The amount of litigation and lawyers involved has been called "unprecedented." But what was unprecedented two decades ago looks quaint in 2020.
This year campaigns and political parties have staffed up their legal war rooms, making this election season one of the most litigated ever. A lot of the on-going lawsuits are due to coronavirus-related election issues, with at least 248 nationwide.
Three of the lawyers preparing for this election season take us from where they were on election night in 2000 to the work they're doing now.
In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.
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Before that final Supreme Court decision, there was a five-week battle over the ballots, the rules, the laws and the courts. The amount of litigation and lawyers involved has been called "unprecedented." But what was unprecedented two decades ago looks quaint in 2020.
This year campaigns and political parties have staffed up their legal war rooms, making this election season one of the most litigated ever. A lot of the on-going lawsuits are due to coronavirus-related election issues, with at least 248 nationwide.
Three of the lawyers preparing for this election season take us from where they were on election night in 2000 to the work they're doing now.
In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.
Email us at considerthis@npr.org
Special thanks to Sam Gringlas and Courtney Dorning for reporting featured in this episode.
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