September 16, 2014
By The Morning News
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- US military to boost Ebola efforts by sending as many as 3,000 to West Africa and constructing 17 treatment centers in Liberia.
- First responders in Aleppo.
- The Indian state of Chhattisgarh has at least 300 child police officers, some as young as five.
- The FBI's controversial new facial recognition system draws on mugshots, employment records, and images from background checks.
- The FCC has received 3 million comments on net neutrality, double the number following Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction."
- In Belgium, a prisoner who is not terminally ill but in permanent anguish, wins the right to die.
- A little lithium may help even out everyone's moods—it's already naturally occurring in our drinking water.
- The case against drug tests: Some states are making it legal to discriminate against medical marijuana users.
- My year as an abortion doula.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education on adjuncts, who now comprise three-quarters of academia—with no hope of tenure.
- American billionaires by political influence, from Koch to Walton.
- PayPal's success rate relative to billion-dollar companies is 350x that of Google.
- Trans* girl wins homecoming queen at a Colorado high school.
- Comparing Andrew WK and Lana Del Rey, Meredith Graves pinpoints the double standard in manufactured authenticity.
- Eminem's publishers are suing New Zealand's National Party for using "Lose Yourself" in a campaign ad.
