Headlines from September 30, 2015

Germany is relaxing housing standards to a questionable degree to absorb wave of migrants.
Super PACs openly skirt campaign law by filming ad footage in advance or releasing it for free.
Trump’s deficit-inflating, bourgeoisie-friendly tax plan is everything he said it wouldn’t be—and par for the GOP.
I have learned to see inequity everywhere, but have never been told exactly what to do about it. Growing up Marxist.
The UK doesn’t let parents choose to have deaf children, but they should.
Government enlists Snapchat and Zero Dark Thirty for soft power against ISIS.
If Mars has liquid water, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty forbids us from tampering with it, for fear of earthly contamination.
Self-driving cars are a public health victory in the making—they’ll save as many lives as seat belts have.
By tomorrow, all US retailers must upgrade their card readers, or they’ll be liable for counterfeit charges.
It’s Banned Book Week, but “there is basically no such thing as a banned book in the United States in 2015.”
Watch a Brazilian soccer ref pull a pistol during an on-field dispute.
I’ve compared people to Shakespeare, Tolstoy or whatever. The art of the blurb is in a blighted state.
The fan community began to cross over from Tumblr into real life. Meet the “Sleep No More” fanatics.
This year’s MacArthur Fellows include Ta-Nehisi Coates and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
One MacArthur genius documents the African American experience in the Rust Belt. #photos
Another is implementing a model citizenship and jobs assistance program for Latino immigrants.
Robots can’t assemble IKEA furniture either.