February 23, 2015
By The Morning News
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- Syriza buckles, will accede to four-month extension of austerity in Greece.
- Steelworkers expand strike, the largest since 1980, to Port Arthur; Shell refuses to budge on safety demands.
- Forceful demonstration flares in Texas private prison; inmates were protesting medical neglect.
- See also: Cadre of architects question ethics of prison design.
- Unchecked by regulation, Chicago police use silently ubiquitous tech to scan license plates and record movement.
- In the past six months Rikers officers have seriously injured inmates 62 times, even as the prison faces scrutiny.
- The Chinese premier loves soccer, and is personally dedicated to turning around the country's woeful record.
- When the world ends, CNN is ready—but that's not the only channel with a doomsday broadcast on hand.
- Other colleagues and journalists pile on the accusations questioning Bill O'Reilly's 1982 Argentina war reporting.
- Not only are far too few women going into tech, but droves of them are leaving it, too.
- In 87 years of Oscars, actresses win for playing wives and actors win for playing criminals.
- Asking actresses about more than fashion is right, but it hurts designers' livelihoods.
- Sometimes when I’m not sad and think about sadness, that thought is accompanied by: I miss it.
- In defense of audiophilia.
- See also: Rediscovering vinyl, sonic memories, and the joy of sitting down to do one single thing.
