Month: June 2023

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Consider This from NPR - Missing White Woman Syndrome: Media Bias And Missing People of Color

Every year about 600,000 thousand people are reported missing in the United States per the National Missing and Unidentified Persons database.

In 2022, about 34,000 people reported as actively missing were people of color. But people of color who disappear seldom get the same amount of media attention devoted to white people who go missing - especially white women and children.

The late journalist Gwen Ifill coined the phrase "Missing White Woman Syndrome" to describe the media's fascination with, and detailed coverage of, the cases of missing or endangered white women - compared to the seeming disinterest in covering the disappearances of people of color.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with David Robinson II. His son, Daniel Robinson, has been missing for nearly two years. And Natalie Wilson, co-founder of the Black and Missing Foundation, who has been helping him find answers.

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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | China and Cuba Colluding, Newsom’s Plan to Limit Gun Rights, Smoke Covers East Coast | June 8

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • Supreme Court rules against Alabama in major voting district case. 
  • Cuba agrees to allow China to build an eavesdropping station on the Island. 
  • A smoky haze still hangs over much of the East Coast. 
  • Fox News says Tucker Carson may have violated his contract. 
  • Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., has proposed a 28th Amendment aimed at limiting gun rights.


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Lost Debate - Trouble at CNN, Vivek’s Campaign, Biden’s Age, Charter Results

CNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht is out after just over a year on the job. The firing comes after a tumultuous tenure and a recent disastrous expose from The Atlantic.

Rikki goes on the campaign trail with Vivek Ramaswamy, the youngest Republican presidential candidate ever.

After President Biden tripped and fell onstage at an Air Force commencement, concerns about his age have returned to center stage. Is the president too old to lead?

A bombshell new report reveals urban charter schools perform better, on average, than traditional public schools. Will this silence education reform’s critics?

[02:52] - Trouble at CNN

[20:16] - Vivek's Campaign / Biden's Age

[42:39] - Charter Results

[52:58] - Voicemails

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Did John Roberts Really Just Save Voting Rights?

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Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern join forces for this Opinionpalooza extra episode of Amicus discussing a seismic Supreme Court decision on voting rights. In his majority opinion in Allen v Milligan, Chief Justice John Roberts pushes back against his own long-standing stance on voting rights. Join Dahlia and Mark in this bonus episode to find out why. 

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Science In Action - The beginnings of us

The origin of all complex life has been traced back 1.6 billion years as new molecular fossil records have discovered the fatty stains that our ancient single celled ancestors have left behind. Jochen Brocks, Professor of Geobiology at Australian National University, discusses the significance of these unique biological signatures.

One billion years later, to a mere 462 million years ago, life on Earth was experiencing a boom of new species but we have very few fossil records to understand this era. Now, palaeontologists Dr Joe Botting and Dr Lucy Muir have found the most abundant deposit of soft bodied fossils from this time in a tiny Welsh quarry.

Next, to the relatively recent past, 350,000 years ago, where remains found in a South African cave suggest that an extinct species of human, Homo Naledi, buried their dead. But Mike Petraglia, Professor of Human Evolution and Prehistory at the Max Planck Institute, doubts these claims.

And in the modern day, the fungi which have colonised our soil for millions of years are still helping us clean up the atmosphere. Professor of Plant-Soil Processes at the University of Sheffield, Katie Field, tells us about the astounding amount of carbon captured by the fungus beneath our feet.

Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Ella Hubber

(Image: Artist’s imagination of an assemblage of primordial eukaryotic organisms of the ‘Protosterol Biota’ inhabiting a bacterial mat on the ocean floor. Credit: Orchestrated in MidJourney by TA 2023)

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: DOJ Reportedly Told to Investigate Binance for Potentially Lying to Lawmakers; Lens Protocol Raises $15M

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The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, June 8, 2023.

"The Hash" explores today's hot topics in crypto: Binance may have lied to lawmakers about its business practices and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) must investigate, Bloomberg reported, citing a letter from two Senate democrats. Aave's decentralized social-media platform, Lens Protocol, has raised $15 million to expand the "social layer" of Web3. Plus, stablecoin regulation is a sticking point between the G7 and G20. And, what to know about the upcoming Bitcoin halving event.


See also:

U.S. Senators Tell DOJ to Investigate Binance for Potentially Lying to Lawmakers: Bloomberg

Aave Lending Protocol Moves Closer to Launching GHO Stablecoin on Ethereum Mainnet

Stablecoin Regulation Is a Sticking Point Between the G-7 and G-20


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Federalist Radio Hour - Peachy Keenan On The Perks Of Being A ‘Domestic Extremist’

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Federalist Senior Contributor Peachy Keenan joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why living a normal, healthy life is classified by the ruling class as extremism and share how to embrace the countercultural movement rejecting conformity.

You can find Keenan's new book "Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture War" here: https://www.regnery.com/9781684513529/domestic-extremist/
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | Bitcoin, DeFi Shrug Off SEC’s Action Against Binance and Coinbase

Implied volatility metrics show no signs of panic after the SEC filed lawsuits against the two cryptocurrency exchanges.


Today's Stories:

Robinhood Joins Coinbase in Saying It Tried to 'Come In and Register' Like SEC Wanted

Binance Redirected $12B to Firms Controlled by CEO Changpeng Zhao, SEC Says

Coinbase CEO Armstrong Says Not Shutting Down Staking Service

Crypto Exchange Binance Says Gensler Once Offered to Be an 'Informal Advisor'

Stablecoin Regulation Is a Sticking Point Between the G-7 and G-20 Emerging Economies


Markets Links:

BRN00 | Brent Crude Oil Continuous Contract Overview | MarketWatch 

Bitcoin Traders Shrug Off U.S. SEC's Action Against Binance, Coinbase

First Mover Americas: SEC-Targeted Tokens Tumble

DeFi Unfazed by SEC's Classification of Tokens as Securities


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