CCAC Democracy Board

04/29/2019

Question of the week for April 29 to May 6, 2019

Have you considered unplugging from your electronic devices and having a digital detox or a technology Sabbath? Why or Why not?

Blankson, Amy. “National Day of Unplugging: How to Unplug Without Fear or Stress.” Forbes, March 1, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyblankson/2019/03/01/how-to-unplug-without-fear-or-stress/ .

Doucleff, Michaeleen and Allison Aubrey. “Smartphone Detox: How to Power Down in a Wired World.” Morning Edition, February 12, 2018. National Public Radio.

Gruman, Jamie. “The Importance of Actually Unplugging on National Day of Unplugging.” The Conversation, March 7, 2018. https://theconversation.com/the-importance-of-actually-unplugging-on-national-day-of-unplugging-92983.

McMullen, John F. “Why I Don’t Believe in a Tech Sabbath.” Techopedia, January 12, 2018. https://www.techopedia.com/2/29362/internet/web-20/why-dont-believe-in-a-tech-sabbath.

Newkirk, Vann R. II. “Unplugging From the Internet Nearly Destroyed Me.” The Atlantic, March 14, 2018. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/the-internet-is-bad/555536/.

Perez, Janet. “Yes, Cell Phones do Affect Your Health.” Komando.com, April 28, 2019. https://www.komando.com/happening-now/563896/yes-cell-phones-do-affect-your-health.

Raine, Lee and Janna Anderson. “Theme 2: Unplugging isn’t Easy Now, and by 2026 it will be even tougher.” Internet and Technology, June 6, 2017. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewinternet.org/2017/06/06/theme-2-unplugging-isnt-easy-now-and-by-2026-it-will-be-even-tougher/.

Rosen, Rebecca J. “We Don’t Need a Digital Sabbath, We Need More Time.” The Atlantic, February 13, 2012. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/we-dont-need-a-digital-sabbath-we-need-more-time/252317/.

Tolentino, Jia. “What it Takes to Put Your Phone Away.” The New Yorker, April 22, 2019. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/29/what-it-takes-to-put-your-phone-away.

March 9-10 is a National Day of Unplugging, a 24-hour break from technology. Disconnecting from our devices is good for our health and our connections with loved ones and our communities.

04/22/2019

Question of the week for April 22 to April 29, 2019

With Monday being Earth Day, do you plan on doing anything different over the next year to try to help the planet?

Anderson, Monica. “For Earth Day, Here’s How Americans View Environmental Issues.” Fact Tank, April 20, 2017. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/20/for-earth-day-heres-how-americans-view-environmental-issues/.

Gibbens, Sarah. “How the environment Has Changed Since the First Earth Day.” National Geographic, April 21, 2018. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/earth-day-then-now-history-science-spd/.

Irfan, Umair. “7 Things We’ve Learned about Earth Since the Last Earth Day.” Vox, April 21, 2019. https://www.vox.com/2019/4/21/18223816/earth-day-2019-climate-change-plastic-extinction.

Loris, Nicolas. “On Earth Day, Gloomy Predictions Haven’t Come to Pass.” The Heritage Foundation, April 19, 2019. https://www.heritage.org/environment/commentary/earth-day-gloomy-predictions-havent-come-pass.

McQuade, Joseph. “Earth Day: Colonialism’s Role in the Overexploitation of Natural Resources.” The Conversation, April 18, 2019. https://theconversation.com/earth-day-colonialisms-role-in-the-overexploitation-of-natural-resources-113995.

Miller, Henry I. and Jeff Stier. “Earth Day has Embraced Hysteria and Abandoned Science.” Fox News, April 20, 2018. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/earth-day-has-embraced-hysteria-and-abandoned-science.

Perry, Mark J. “18 Spectacularly Wrong Predictions Made Around the Time of the First Earth Day in 1970, Expect More This Year.” Carpe Diem, April 21, 2019. American Enterprise Institute.

Rinde, Meir. “Richard Nixon and the Rise of American Environmentalism.” Distillations Magazine, vol. 2, issue 1, Spring 2017. Science History Institute. https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/richard-nixon-and-the-rise-of-american-environmentalism.

“The History of Earth Day.” Earth Day Network, 2019. https://www.earthday.org/about/the-history-of-earth-day/.

Waters, Hannah. “Why Didn’t the First Earth Day’s Predictions Come True? It’s Complicated.” The Smithsonian Magazine, April 22, 2016. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-didnt-first-earth-days-predictions-come-true-its-complicated-180958820/.

Americans support protecting the environment, but there are deep partisan divides. And they give other issues, like the economy or terrorism, greater priority.

04/15/2019

Question of the week for April 15 to April 22, 2019

What role should the American government have in funding research and development?

Andrzejewski, Adam. “Just How Much Federal Waste, Duplication and Weird or Unnecessary Spending are Your Tax Dollars Funding.” Fox News, May 3, 2018. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/just-how-much-federal-waste-duplication-and-weird-or-unnecessary-spending-are-your-tax-dollars-funding.

Herman, Brian and Claudia Neuhauser. “It is Time for a New Model to Fund Science Research in Higher Education.” The Conversation, October 12, 2016. https://theconversation.com/is-it-time-for-a-new-model-to-fund-science-research-in-higher-education-63691.

Isaacson, Walter. “How America Risks Losing its Innovation Edge.” Time, January 3, 2019. http://time.com/longform/america-innovation/.

Jahnke, Art. “Who Picks Up the Tab for Science?” BU Today, April 6, 2015. http://www.bu.edu/today/2015/funding-for-scientific-research/.

Johnson, David R. “With Federal Funding for Science on the Decline, What’s the Role of a Profit Motive in Research?” The Conversation, June 5, 2018. https://theconversation.com/with-federal-funding-for-science-on-the-decline-whats-the-role-of-a-profit-motive-in-research-93322.

Kennedy, Brian. “Americans Broadly Favor Government Funding for Medical and Science Research.” Factank: News in the Numbers, July 3, 2018. Pew Research. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/07/03/americans-broadly-favor-government-funding-for-medical-and-science-research/.

Michaels, Patrick J. “Who Should Fund Science?” Philadelphia Inquirer, April 10, 2017. https://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/commentary/20170410_Who_should_fund_science_.html.

Scott, Christopher. “New Report Shows China Closing Innovation Gap.” Asia Times, April 8, 2019. https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/04/article/new-report-shows-chinas-innovation-outpacing-us/.

Shepherd, Marshall. “Debunking the Myth of Wasted Science Investment.” Forbes, January 5, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2019/01/05/debunking-the-myth-of-wasted-science-investment/ .

Meyer, Robinson. “How Should the U.S. Fund Research and Development?” The Atlantic, April 8, 2016. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/us-research-and-development/477435/.

The ever-rising federal debt just surpassed $21 trillion last month – at least $65,000 for every person in the U.S. So how do we stop the insanity?

04/08/2019

Question of the week for April 8 to April 15, 2019

What is your opinion on the movement towards a cashless society?

Doderlein, Daniel. “Moving Towards a Cashless Society in a Cash-reliant World.” Forbes, March 18, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/danieldoderlein/2019/03/18/moving-towards-a-cashless-society-in-a-cash-reliant-world/ .

Heller, Nathan. “Imagining a Cashless World: Sweden Shows Us What Life Without Paper Currency Might be Like.” The New Yorker, October 3, 2016. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/imagining-a-cashless-world.

Hetrick, Christian. “New Jersey Ban Will Force Shops to Accept Cash; Municipal Parking Lots, Car Rentals Exempted.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18, 2019. https://www.philly.com/business/new-jersey-cashless-store-ban-amazon-philadelphia-20190318.html.

Kharif, Olga and Krista Gmelich. “As Amazon Leads Cashless Charge, States and Cities Push Back.” Bloomberg, March 26, 2019. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-26/who-is-banning-cashless-stores-amazon-go-could-be-next.

Lieber, Chavie. “Philadelphia Just Banned Cashless Stores. Will Other Cities Follow?” Vox, March 8, 2019. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/3/8/18256601/cashless-stores-philadelphia-law-amazon-go-sweetgreen.

Palmer, Kimberly. “Not All Shoppers are Sold as More Retailers Buy into Cashless Society.” USA Today, September 20, 2018. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2018/09/20/cashless-society-retailers-not-all-shoppers-sold/1353384002/.

Stinson, Rivan V. “America Lurches Toward a Cashless Future.” Kiplinger, March 7, 2019. https://www.kiplinger.com/article/spending/T057-C000-S002-move-toward-a-cashless-society-with-caution.html.

Worthington, Steve. “Depending on Who You are, the Benefits of a Cashless Society are Greatly Overrated.” The Conversation, March 20, 2019. https://theconversation.com/depending-on-who-you-are-the-benefits-of-a-cashless-society-are-greatly-overrated-113268.

This month, a report in the UK raised concerns of a cashless society. But as the data shows, we're adopting mobile payments all over the world. So who is falling behind? And how do we educate these cash-reliant communities and bring them onboard as the payment industry continues to evolve?

04/01/2019

Question of the week for April 1 to April 8, 2019

What is your opinion on Puerto Rico becoming the fifty-first state?

Bernal, Rafael. “Statehood Bill Could Make Puerto Rico a State Before 2020.” The Hill, March 28, 2019. https://thehill.com/latino/436304-statehood-bill-could-make-puerto-rico-a-state-before-2020.

Campbell, Alexia Fernandez. “Puerto Rico’s Push for Statehood, Explained.” Vox, September 24, 2018. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/11/15782544/puerto-rico-pushes-for-statehood-explained.

Haskins, Justin. “Democrats’ Plan to Steal the Senate in 2021: Create New States.” Townhall, March 8, 2019. https://townhall.com/columnists/justinhaskins/2019/03/08/democrats-plan-to-steal-the-senate-in-2020-create-new-states-n2542816.

Lemongello, Steven. “Soto’s Historic Proposal for Puerto Rican Statehood Faces Tough Climb.” Orlando Sentinel, March 28, 2019. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-ne-puerto-rican-statehood-bill-20190327-story.html.

Portela, Gus. “Statehood Would be an Economic Boon for Puerto Rico.” Townhall, July 29, 2018. https://townhall.com/columnists/gusportela/2018/07/29/statehood-would-be-an-economic-boon-for-puerto-rico-n2504391.

"Puerto Rico: Should Puerto Rico Become a U.S. State?" Issues & Controversies. Infobase Learning, January 10, 2018.
http://icof.infobaselearning.com.ezproxy.ccac.edu/recordurl.aspx?ID=17480.
Accessible through the CCAC library: “A-Z Databases.” CCAC Library. Community College of Allegheny County. https://libguides.ccac.edu/az.php.

Rosas, Raul Eduardo. “U.S. Engages in ‘citizenship apartheid’ Regarding Puerto Rico.” Baltimore Sun, March 28, 2019. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-op-0329-pr-voting-20190321-story.html.

Sammin, Kyle. “A Conservative Case for Puerto Rican Statehood.” National Review, March 26, 2019. https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/puerto-rico-statehood-conservative-case/.

A bipartisan group of representatives joined with Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló (D) Thursday to present a bill that would admit the territory as a state within 90 days of passage.

03/25/2019

Question of the week for March 25 to April 1, 2019

After the recent scandal involving parents paying millions of dollars in bribes to get their children into elite universities, what is your opinion about snowplow parenting, in which parents go to extreme “clearing any obstacles in their child’s path to success” (Cain Miller and Engel Bromwich)?

Cane Miller, Claire and Jonah Engel Bromwich. “How Parents are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood.” New York Times, March 18, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/16/style/snowplow-parenting-scandal.html. See also, https://theweek.com/articles/830490/rise-snowplow-parenting.

Davey, Graham C.L. “Helicopter, Snowplow, and Bubble-Wrap Parenting: How is Anxiety Transmitted from Parents to Their Children?” Psychology Today, May 23, 2017. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-we-worry/201705/helicopter-snowplow-and-bubble-wrap-parenting.

Griffin, Annaliese. “A Lot of Kis Could Really Use a Snowplow Parent.” Quartz, March 23, 2019. https://qz.com/quartzy/1575583/lots-of-kids-could-use-a-snowplow-helicopter-or-lawnmower-parent/.

Haller, Sonja. “Kids Aren’t Growing Up: Shocking New Poll Says Parents Are Killing Kids’ Life Skills.” USA Today, March 18, 2019. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2019/03/18/parents-killing-kids-life-skills-says-poll-showing-college-admissions-scandal-part-of-pattern/3198310002/.

Leman, Kevin. “Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman Prove to be the Ultimate ‘Lawnmower Parents.’” Fox New, March 16, 2019. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/lori-loughlin-felicity-huffman-prove-to-be-the-ultimate-helicopter-parents.

Paresky, Pamela B. “What About the Teens in the College Admission Scandal?” Psychology Today, March 14, 2019. https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/happiness-and-the-pursuit-leadership/201903/what-about-the-teens-in-the-college-admission.

Song, Sharon. “Poll: 74% of Parents Admit to Making Appointments for Their Adult Children.” KTVU Fox 2, March 18, 2019. http://www.ktvu.com/news/poll-74-of-parents-admit-to-making-appointments-for-their-adult-children.

Waverman, Emma. “Snowplow Parenting: What to Know about the Controversial Technique.” Today’s Parent, March 22, 2019. https://www.todaysparent.com/blogs/snowplow-parenting-the-latest-controversial-technique/.

Today’s “snowplow parents” keep their children’s futures obstacle-free — even when it means crossing ethical and legal boundaries.

03/18/2019

Question of the week for March 18 to March 25, 2019

What is your opinion on the recent Senate vote to end U.S. aid to the Saudi Arabian-led war in Yemen?

Bachman, Jeff. “US Complicity in the Saudi-led Genocide in Yemen Spans Obama, Trump Administrations.” The Conversation, November 26, 2018. http://theconversation.com/us-complicity-in-the-saudi-led-genocide-in-yemen-spans-obama-trump-administrations-106896.

Carney, Jordain. “Senate Breaks with Trump on Saudi-led War in Yemen.” The Hill, March 13, 2019. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/433926-senate-breaks-with-trump-on-saudi-led-war-in-yemen.

Cook, Steven A. “America is Not an Innocent Bystander in Yemen.” Foreign Policy, September 27, 2019. https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/27/america-is-not-an-innocent-bystander-in-yemen/.

Demirjian, Karoun. “Senate Votes to End Military Support for Operation in Yemen led by Saudis.” Chicago Tribune, March 13, 2019. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-saudi-arabia-yemen-trump-20190313-story.html.

Edmondson, Catie. “Senate Votes Again to End Aid to Saudi War in Yemen, Defying Trump.” New York Times, March 13, 2019.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/us/politics/yemen-saudi-war-senate.html.

Foster, Caitlin. Yemen Civil War: Who’s Fighting the Brutal Conflict that’s Left Millions on the Brink of Famine?” Business Insider, March 14, 2019. https://www.businessinsider.com/yemen-conflict-explained-2019-2.

Safi, Marlo. “Understanding U.S. Involvement in Yemen’s ‘Forgotten’ War.” National Review, November 30, 2018. https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/yemen-civil-war-american-involvement-under-increasing-scrutiny/.

“U.S. Should Not Curb Aid to Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen: Pompeo.” Reuters, March 15, 2019. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-usa/u-s-should-not-curb-aid-to-saudi-led-coalition-in-yemen-pompeo-idUSKCN1QW1UE.

Zenko, Micah. “Obama’s War of Choice: Supporting the Saudi-led Air War in Yemen.” Council on Foreign Relations, September 25, 2015. https://www.cfr.org/blog/obamas-war-choice-supporting-saudi-led-air-war-yemen.

03/11/2019

Question of the week for March 11 to March 18, 2019

What is your reaction to the lawsuit by the U.S. women’s national soccer team against the U.S. Soccer Federation for gender discrimination over equal pay with the men’s national team?

Abdeldaiem, Alaa. “USWNT Players File Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against U.S. Soccer.” Sports Illustrated, March 8, 2018. https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/03/08/uswnt-players-sue-us-soccer-gender-discrimination-lawsuit.

Conerly, Bill. “U.S. Women’s Soccer Salaries: The Economic Justification for Paying the Men More.” Forbes, April 12, 2016. https://www.forbes.com/sites/billconerly/2016/04/12/womens-soccer-salaries-the-economic-justification/ .

Das, Andrew. “U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Sues U.S. Soccer for Gender Discrimination.” New York Times, March 8, 2019.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/sports/womens-soccer-team-lawsuit-gender-discrimination.html.

McCann, Michael. “Inside USWNT’s New Equal Pay Lawsuit vs. U.S. Soccer- and How CBA, EEOC Relate.” Sports Illustrated, March 8, 2019. https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/03/08/uswnt-lawsuit-us-soccer-equal-pay-cba-eeoc-gender-discrimination.

Ozanian, Mike. “Revenue Disparity Explains Pay Disparity Between Soccer World Cup’s Men and Women.” Forbes, March 7, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2019/03/07/world-cup-soccer-pay-disparity-between-men-and-women-is-justified/ .

Stern, Mark Joseph. “The Women’s National Team has an Undeniably Strong Sex-Discrimination Case Against the U.S. Soccer Federation.” Slate, March 8, 2019. https://slate.com/culture/2019/03/us-womens-national-soccer-team-lawsuit-sex-based-pay-discrimination.html.

“USWNT Suing U.S. Soccer for Discrimination.” ESPN, March 9, 2019. http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/26189867/uswnt-suing-us-soccer-discrimination.

Wamsley, Laurel. “U.S. Women’s Soccer Teams Sues U.S. Soccer for Gender Discrimination.” NPR, March 8, 2019.
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/08/701522635/u-s-womens-soccer-team-sues-u-s-soccer-for-gender-discrimination.

All 28 members of the team accused U.S. soccer of years of poor pay and working conditions.

03/04/2019

Question of the week for March 4 to March 11, 2018

Should prescription drugs be advertised directly to consumers?

Applequist, Janelle and Jennifer Gerard Ball. “An Updated Analysis of Direct-to-Consumer Television Advertisements for Prescription Drugs.” Annals of Family Medicine, vol. 16, May 2018, pp. 211-216. PubMed, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5951249/.

Cohen, Joshua. “Pouring Billions of Dollars into Marketing of Drugs.” Forbes, February 7, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2019/02/07/pouring-billions-of-dollars-into-marketing-of-drugs/ .

Gershon, Livia. “Should Drug Makers Advertise?” JSTOR Daily, March 8, 2018. https://daily.jstor.org/should-drug-makers-advertise/.

Krans, Brian. “TV Drug Ads Will Soon Include Prices: Will it Help Consumers?” Fox News, February 19, 2019. https://www.foxnews.com/health/tv-drug-ads-will-soon-include-prices-will-it-help-consumers.

ProCon.org. “Should Prescription Drugs Be Advertised Directly to Consumers?” ProCon.org, October 23, 2018. https://prescriptiondrugs.procon.org/.

Noor, A. Naffakh and Joseph L. Fink II. “House Bill Takes Aim at Direct-to-Consumer Advertising.” Pharmacy Times, September 26, 2017. https://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2017/september2017/house-bill-takes-aim-at-directtoconsumer-advertising.

Sinkinson, Michael. “The Hidden Benefits of TV Drug Ads.” Kellogg Insight, December 2, 2016. https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/the-hidden-benefits-of-tv-drug-ads1.

02/25/2019

Question of the week for February 25 to March 4, 2018

Should university male fraternities be open for women to join?

Bauer-Wolf, Jeremy. “A Different Challenge to Fraternities.” Inside Higher Education, February 13, 2019. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/13/yale-university-sued-over-fraternity-culture-and-plaintiffs-demand-coeducation.

Darrah, Nicole. “Female students sue Yale to admit women into male fraternities.” Fox News, February 12, 2019. https://www.foxnews.com/us/female-students-sue-yale-to-admit-women-into-male-fraternities.

Frazin, Rachel. “Women sue Yale to gender-integrate fraternities.” The Hill, February 12, 2019.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/429664-women-sue-yale-to-gender-integrate-fraternities.

Gerstmann, Evan. “Understanding the Dueling Lawsuits Against Yale and Harvard Over Fraternities and Sororities.” Forbes, February 19, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2019/02/19/understanding-the-dueling-lawsuits-against-yale-and-harvard-over-fraternities-and-sororities/ .

MacLellan, Lila. “Yale students sue for access to all-male fraternities and their powerful networks.” Quartz, February 13, 2019. https://qz.com/work/1548869/yale-students-sue-to-open-fraternities-to-all-genders/.

Prihar, Asha and Audrey Steinkamp. “Female students sue Yale frats.” Yale Daily News, February 13, 2019. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/02/13/female-students-sue-yale-frats/.

Three women who attend Yale University are suing the school and nine all-male fraternities Tuesday, seeking to force the social organizations to admit women in response to alleged sexual assault, harassment and discrimination.

02/18/2019

Question of the week for February 18 to February 25, 2018

What is your view on censorship of social media content after Facebook announced that it might begin removing information on anti-vaccination from its platform?

Broniatowski, David A., et al. “Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate.” American Journal of Public Health 108, no. 10, October 1, 2018, pp. 1378-1384. DIO: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304567. https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304567.

Gebel, Meira. “Facebook is thinking about removing anti-vaccination content as backlash intensifies over the spread of misinformation on the social network.” Business Insider, February 14, 2019. https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-may-remove-anti-vaccination-content-2019-2.

________. “Anti-vaccination ads on Facebook are targeting pregnant women, while a measles outbreak spreads across the country.” Business Insider, February 14, 2019. https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-vaccine-facebook-ads-target-pregnant-women-as-measles-spreads-2019-2.

Glenza, Jessica. “Russian trolls ‘spreading discord’ over vaccine safety online.” The Guardian, August 23, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/23/russian-trolls-spread-vaccine-misinformation-on-twitter.

Kluger, Jeffrey. “Facebook Must Shut Down the Anti-Vaxxers.” Time, February 19, 2015. http://time.com/3714990/zuckerberg-vaccines-facebook/.

Perry, Douglas. “Measles outbreak: Anti-vaccination misinformation fueled by Russian Propagandists, study finds.” The Oregonian, February 12, 2019. https://www.oregonlive.com//clark-county/2019/02/measles-outbreak-anti-vaccination-misinformation-fueled-by-russian-propagandists-study-finds.html.

Rieland, Randy. “Searching for a Vaccine Against Mistrust.” John Hopkins Magazine, Winter 2018. https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2018/winter/vaccines-mistrust-and-misinformation/.

Tarlo, Shira. “A doctor debunks Darla Shine’s anti-vaccination claims that diseases like measles ‘keep you healthy.’” Salon, February 14, 2019. https://www.salon.com/2019/02/14/a-doctor-debunks-darla-shines-anti-vaccination-claims-that-diseases-like-measles-keep-you-healthy/.

02/11/2019

Question of the week for February 11 to February 18, 2018

Should billionaires be banned?

Johnson, Jake. "The Richest 0.00025% Owns More Wealth Than Bottom 150 Million Americans." Common Dreams, February 10, 2019. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/10/study-shows-richest-000025-owns-more-wealth-bottom-150-million-americans.

Manjoo, Farhad. “Abolish Billionaires.” New York Times, February 6, 2019.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/opinion/abolish-billionaires-tax.html.

Markowicz, Karol. “Ocasio-Cortez, Warren, other 2020 Dems have decided wealth is just evil (and your money belongs to them).” Fox News, February 4, 2019. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ocasio-cortez-warren-other-2020-dems-have-decided-wealth-is-just-evil-and-your-money-belongs-to-them.

Paddison, Laura. “26 Billionaires Own the Same Wealth as the Poorest 3.8 Billion People.” Huffington Post, January 20, 2019. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oxfam-report- wealth-inequality-poverty-tax_us_5c408586e4b027c3bbbeb91d.

Pethokoukis, James. “Why America needs more billionaires.” The Week, January 24, 2019.
https://theweek.com/articles/819262/why-america-needs-more-billionaires.

Relman, Eliza. “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said billionaires shouldn’t exist as long as Americans live in abject poverty.” Business Insider, January 22, 2019. https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-thinks-billionaires-shouldnt-exist-2019-1.

Sommer, Jeff. “Why you Might Not Want to Take Away a Billionaire’s Money.” New York Times, February 19, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/your-money/why-you-might-not-want-to-take-away-a-billionaires-money.html.

Weissman, Jordan. “Why Taxing the Bejesus Out of the Rich Might Be Useful, Even if It Doesn’t Actually Raise Much Money.” Slate, January 29, 2019. https://slate.com/business/2019/01/why-aoc-70-percent-tax-is-smart.html.