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FIRE, Free Speech Rankings and Elite Top Universities in the USA
Ivy League Universities and other Elite Top Universities in the USA
A collection of articles and videos looking at the Challenges facing Universities in the USA
USA: IRA (inflation reduction act), a piece of industrial, climate and trade policy
Youth sports industry, kids sports in the USA
Legal system in the USA: the Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts of Appeals
Coal towns and Economic Development
Business and Hispanic, Latino Culture in the USA
Counseling and Coaching - College admissions, and applying to elite top universities in the USA
Debt, Government Budget Deficits and the USA
International Financial Markets - global hubs for international finance
USA and Israel - history, politics, culture
Stanford University - problems, challenges
Adjunct Professors - and the Challenges facing Universities in the USA
Challenges facing Universities in the USA - too many administrators
Decriminalization of drugs in Oregon - a case study of legalization
Applying to Elite Top Universities in the USA - problems, scandals and gaming the system
Applying to Elite Top Universities in the USA - advice for high school students applying to college
How colleges decide who to accept - Enrollment, Admissions at Universities in the USA
Sports in the USA - golf and the PGA
Taxes and Real Estate, Housing - Renovating, Upgrading your Home
USA history - the American Revolution
History of the USA - the Civil War
Cities, the Hoover Dam, water issues, droughts and the American West (USA)
College Sports - recruiting and NIL - name, image, likeness
Public vs. Private Markets and the role of Government - Political Divisions in the USA
Essay writing - College admissions, and applying to elite top universities in the USA
Detroit and Economic Development in the Midwest
USA - Renewable energy, global warming, carbon, climate and policy
Austin, TX - Startup Hub and Innovation Cluster in the USA

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Energy: A millennial is building America’s first nickel-cobalt refinery

But it’s proving ethically trickier than she expected | United States (2024)


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How to fix the Ivy League

Its supremacy is being undermined by bad leadership | Leaders (2024)


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EB-5 visa program: The Rural Ski Slope Caught Up in an International Scam | The New Yorker

A federal program promised to bring foreign investment to remote parts of the country. It soon became rife with fraud. Sheelah Kolhatkar reports. ... (2024)


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A MAGA court in New Orleans is shaping the Supreme Court’s agenda 

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals makes SCOTUS look moderate by comparison, and is shaping its agenda | United States (2023)


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How Canada invented ‘American’ football, baseball, basketball and hockey - CBC Sports

North America's favourite sports all have Canadian roots - CBC Sports Longform (2023)


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Technology and the state. Surveillance capitalism

Silicon Valley is piling into the business of snooping. Tech upstarts are selling their wares to America’s police | Business (2023)


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The energy industry. A pioneering deal

Why ExxonMobil is paying $60bn for Pioneer. Consolidation will transform America’s fragmented shale industry | Business (2023)


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California cracks down on carbon. Business and the climate. Emissionary zeal

California’s crackdown on carbon will have international repercussions. It is not just attacking big oil. Big everything is in the line of fire | B... (2023)


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America’s plan to cut drug prices comes with unpleasant side-effects

American medicine. A bitter pricing pill. A lot to cut drug prices is changing how pharma firms make medicines. It is already changing how pharm... (2023)


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Big business: America’s corporate giants are getting harder to topple

Why America’s corporate giants are surprisingly impervious to disruption. Incumbents from Walmart to General Motors are fighting back against disr... (2023)


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The sports business: Which sport is the best business?

American sports leagues (NBA, NFL, NHL) are more competitive, lucrative and monopolistic than European ones like the English Premier League| Busine... (2023)


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The new king of beers is a Mexican-American success story

Move over, Bud Light. Heed the power of the Hispanic market | Business Bud light, Americas, self styled “king of beers“ for 22 years, is dethron... (2023)


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Trade and Geopolitics; enter the investment police. America’s plan to vet investments into China

Citing national security, America’s government considers tighter rules on outbound capital | Business Placing limits on America’s globetrotting ... (2023)


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Banking. The financial system is slipping into state control

Government control the banking sector; What will it look like after the next spell of instability? | Finance & economics (2023)


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What Happens if the US Defaults on its Debt?

Understand the different types of defaults, what happens if the US defaults on its debt, and how it could impact your finances. (2023)


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New Orleans Northside Skull and Bone Gang on Mardi Gras - The Atlantic - The Atlantic

For 200 years, this Mardi Gras krewe has kicked off the festival at the crack of dawn with a very important message. (2023)


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Oregon botches the decriminalisation of drugs | The Economist

It failed to prepare the ground | Leaders Decriminalizing drugs: lessons from Oregon. States contemplating drug decriminalization need to prepar... (2023)


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Biden’s big bet on place-based industrial policy

By now, it’s clear that “Bidenomics” centers heavily on what the White House calls a “modern American industrial strategy.” What’s less recognized,... (2023)


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Misconceptions About the Civil War | Mental Floss

The Civil War remains one of the most important chapters in American history. But the conflict itself was more complex than North vs. South. (2021)


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Chicago’s woes are over-hyped | The Economist

In fact, the Windy City could offer a model for change across America | United States (2023)


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Starlink’s performance in Ukraine has ignited a new space race | The Economist

Never mind the moon; look to low-Earth orbit | Leaders (2023)


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2022 Gauley Season Release Dates - ACE Adventure Resort

2022 Gauley Season release dates are here! Start planning your Fall Gauley River Rafting trip today, spaces fill quickly at ACE Adventures (2020)


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The 10 Best Rafting Trips | Whitewater Guidebook

Here is my own personal top 10, my fave rafting trips from around the world organized by single-day, multi-day, and Class V rafting. (2019)


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Classical liberalism vs. The New Right - Marginal REVOLUTION

It has become increasingly clear that the political Right in America is not what it used to be. In particular, my own preferred slant of classical ... (2022)


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America Inc. - The Economist

From semiconductors to electric vehicles, the American government is going into business | United States Joe Biden’s industrial policy is big, b... (2022)


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After George Floyd’s murder, police built a secretive surveillance machine that lives on | MIT Technology Review

An investigation by MIT Technology Review reveals a sprawling, technologically sophisticated system in Minnesota designed for closely monitoring pr... (2022)


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Here are the biggest technology wins in the breakthrough climate bill | MIT Technology Review

The bill includes $369 billion in spending on climate and energy. (2022)


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Midwestern states want to become “hard-tech” hubs | The Economist

Putting their money where their machines are | United States (2022)


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The U.S. Needs a Million Talents Program to Retain Technology Leadership

“In 2009, a Turkish graduate of the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Erdal Arikan, published a pap... (2022)


Article

What’s Up with Austin? - David Perell

Austin is a mediocre city, but a great place to live.  Since I moved to town, a bunch of people have asked me, “What’s up with Austin?” This ... (2022)


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Why The World Is Rushing Back To The Moon

During the Cold War, competition between the the United States and the former USSR was fierce, as the two countries rallied for the chance to make ... (2024)


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The end of globalization? How Biden's Inflation Reduction Act IRA changed the world | FT Film

The US was for decades the exemplar of free market globalisation. That changed with Donald Trump’s 'America first' agenda. President Joe Biden’s la... (2023)


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H-1B visa holders: How The U.S. Lost Thousands Of High-Skilled Workers To Canada

On July 16, 2023 Canada opened visa applications for a pilot program that would allow up to 10,000 H-1B visa holders in the United States to apply ... (2023)


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Memory chips: How Micron is Building the Biggest U.S. Chip Fab

Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix are responsible for making 90% of the world’s DRAM memory chips, and Micron is the only one based in the U.S. That’s m... (2023)


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Why West Virginia is so Poor

Why West Virginia is so Poor (2023)


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Solar panel canopies: How to fight climate change with parking lots

Why haven’t we covered them in solar panels? (2023)


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The new land rush in Wyoming

Teton County in Wyoming is home to the widest income divide in America, with a median house price of more than $5 million and an average income of ... (2023)


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The movement to shrink Oregon and expand Idaho

In a state dominated by progressive politics, some residents in rural Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains want to move the border so that their co... (2023)


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Why America's Biggest Cities Are Littered With Vacant Lots | WSJ

From New York to Austin, America’s biggest cities are littered with vacant plots of land because property tax bills can skyrocket once vacant lots ... (2023)


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The Battle for Las Vegas

The Battle for Las Vegas (2023)


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The reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in WWII

Japan attacked the U.S Pacific Fleet at its base at Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December 1941, but what led to that decision? Why did the Japanese a... (2023)


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Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution? (Short Animated Documentary)

Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution? (Short Animated Documentary) (2023)


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NATO - Summary on a Map

The history of NATO on maps, from the end of World War II, until the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.--------Support the channel on Patreon: https://... (2023)


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Why didn't Puerto Rico become a US State? (Short Animated Documentary)

Many of America's 19th century territorial acquisitions became formal states in the 20th century but one notable exception is Puerto Rico. So why d... (2023)


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Why did Russia sell Alaska to America? (Short Animated Documentary)

Why did Russia sell Alaska to America? (Short Animated Documentary) (2023)


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Why So Much Land In The West Is Owned By The Federal Government

Why So Much Land In The West Is Owned By The Federal Government (2023)


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Alaska in 8K 60p HDR (Dolby Vision)

Explore Juneau, Alaska with us as we navigate through an Alaskan summer. We visited the Tracy Arm Fjord, Mendenhall Glacier, Pack Creek bears, Hoon... (2023)


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Why a Billionaire is Building a $400BN City in the US Desert

Why a Billionaire is Building a $400BN City in the US Desert We spoke to US billionaire Marc Lore about his plans to build Telosa... (2023)


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Amtrack - Why Train Tickets Cost So Much In America

Taking a train in the U.S. is often more expensive than flying and more expensive than intercity train systems in other developed countries, which ... (2022)


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The Simple Genius of NYC’s Water Supply System

The Simple Genius of New York City’s Water Supply System (2022)


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America’s opioid crisis - How the Mexican cartels are making profits now - The Economist

Mexican cartels and criminals are the leading producers of illegal synthetic drugs. This shift is fuelling the latest phase in America’s opioid cri... (2022)


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The Real Reason U.S.Highways Are Always Under Construction - Cheddar Explains

Wherever you drive, highway construction seems unavoidable, but U.S. roads have needed so much repair and maintenance, you start to wonder if we’re... (2022)


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American Civil War from The European Perspective | Animated History

American Civil War from The European Perspective | Animated History (2022)


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Water: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses the water shortage in the American west, how it’s already impacting the people who live there, and what God has to say about ... (2022)


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How Curiosity Will Save Us | Mónica Guzmán | TEDxSeattle

For Mónica Guzmán, curiosity isn’t a muse that flits by when we wonder about something. It’s the most powerful tool we have to navigate our world, ... (2022)


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Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the Same

Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the Same (2022)


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The law that broke US immigration - Vox

Why the US has so many undocumented immigrants. Immigration looked very different before 1996, when President Bi... (2022)


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Ira Glasser on Free Speech | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

The former ACLU Executive Director and subject of the documentary, "Mighty Ira," joins Bill to disc... (2022)


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What Happens If Yellowstone Blows Up Tomorrow?

What Happens If Yellowstone Blows Up Tomorrow? (2022)


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The dark history of bananas - John Soluri

Explore the history of the notorious United Fruit Company and how its influence over the banana industry impacted Central America. --In December 19... (2021)


Podcast

Ghosts of Football Past

In anticipation of Super Bowl LII (Go Eagles), we're revisiting an old episode about the surprising history of how the game came to be. It's the en... (2023)


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The Student Debt Dilemma With Constantine Yannelis - Capitalisn't | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from Capitalisn't on Spotify. We’re taking a week off here at the end of the summer, but with Biden’s recent student loan an... (2022)


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America's Truck Driver Crisis Is Complicated - 1A | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from 1A on Spotify. Truck driving in America remains in crisis. There are 80,000 fewer drivers on the road than needed, acco... (2022)


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Market forces at Christmas tree auctions : Planet Money : NPR

Nick and Robert head to the world's largest Christmas tree auction with $1,000 and a truck. And get schooled in the tree market. | Subscribe to our... (2021)


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Nuclear power and America's clean energy future | On Point

President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill this week. Tucked into the plan includes the Biden administration's belief in the impo... (2021)


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What Happened The One Time the U.S. Paid Off The Entire National Debt : Planet Money : NPR

There was one time the U.S. federal government stopped borrowing and paid off every penny of national debt. It did not end well… (2021)


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How Washington Now Works - The Daily | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from The Daily on Spotify. On Tuesday, the United States Senate approved a $1 trillion infrastructure bill — the largest sin... (2021)


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The Federal Reserve is thinking about a digital dollar - Marketplace

Plus, what shoe sales are telling us about the economic recovery, President Joe Biden is asking federal agencies to gauge the financial risk of cli... (2021)


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Work V. Wealth: Capital Gains Tax, Explained | On Point

The capital gains tax. The Biden administration wants to raise it. But why is capital taxed less than work to begin with? (2021)


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Goodwill Doesn't Want Your Broken Toaster : NPR

Goodwill Has A Trash Problem. We're The Cause. "Wish-cyclers" are donating millions of pounds of broken goods and trash to Goodwill. (2021)


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The Supreme Court may disenfranchise you now - Vox | Today Explained Podcast

Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. Pandemic or not, the highest court in the land won’t extend Wisconsin’s deadline for m... (2020)


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Houston Astros - Sign Stealing - 99% Invisible Roman Mars | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. In the early days of baseball, sign-stealing was almost like a game within the g... (2020)


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Economic Consequences Of The Census - The Indicator from Planet Money

Listen to this episode from The Indicator from Planet Money on Spotify. The coronavirus pandemic, distrust of the government, and a surprising poli... (2020)


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The Afterlife Of American Clothes : Planet Money

The U.S. exports a billion pounds of used clothes every year. Much of that winds up in used clothing markets in sub-Saharan Africa. (2020)


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Supreme Court - Amy Coney Barrett’s originalism - Vox | Podcast

Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. The judge isn’t saying much in her confirmation hearing, but Vox’s Ian Millhiser explains ... (2020)


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The case for ending the filibuster - Vox

Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. Even if Democrats win the White House, take the Senate, and hold the House, most of their ... (2020)


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Millions of Americans face stigma of moving back in with their parents

As the financial crisis deepens, many adults are moving back home. But the trend started before the pandemic. (2020)


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Missing Chapter - Vox | Podcast

Today, Explained on Spotify. A forgotten protest movement in a seaside Florida town helped end legal segregation in the United States. Vox’s Ra... (2020)


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Facebook And Twitter Remove Russia-Backed Accounts Targeting Left-Leaning Voters

Researchers say one of the operation's goals was to steer left-leaning voters away from the Biden-Harris campaign ahead of the November election. (2020)


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Real Estate in a Pandemic: Homeowners and Buyers (Part 1) - a16z

This episode is the first in a two-part series that examines the pandemic’s impact on real estate. Part 1 focuses on prospective home buyers, selle... (2020)


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Podcast - Section 230 CDA: Content Moderation, Free Speech, the Internet - Andreessen Horowitz

Listen to this episode from 16 Minutes News by a16z on Spotify. In this special "3x" episode of our news show -- where we cover the he... (2020)


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Ex-Officials Call For $46 Billion For Tracing, Isolating In Next Coronavirus Package

Leading former federal health officials Andy Slavitt and Scott Gottlieb are leading a call for $46 billion for specific measures in a next coronavi... (2020)


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Banks Took Billions In Fees To Process Small Business Loans Amid Pandemic Crisis

Banks handling the government's $349 billion loan program for small businesses made more than $10 billion in fees — even as tens of thousands of sm... (2020)


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Paul Riley: Launch of U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy Was Unnecessary

Three-time NWSL champion head coach Paul Riley didn't mince words in a recent interview when discussing the U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy. (2020)


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For Many, Issue Of Logging In America's Largest National Forest Cuts Deep - NPR

The world's largest intact temperate rainforest is in a place you may not expect: southeast Alaska. The Trump administration wants to eliminate a l... (2019)


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Dematerialization and What It Means for the Economy — and Climate Change - Harvard Business Review (podcast)

Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, explains how the U.S. economy is growing and actually using less and less ... (2019)


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On Beeing - 99% Invisible

Driving between Oakland and Los Angeles in February offers glimpses of a spectacular scene — neat, symmetrical rows of trees covered with pink and ... (2019)


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The Battle to Control the Murdoch Media Empire - The New York Times

Rupert Murdoch’s media outlets have helped destabilize democracy on three continents. The power struggle among his children has world-changing cons... (2019)


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What Does Bruce Springsteen's 'Born In The U.S.A.' Really Mean? : NPR

It's not enough to say the Bruce Springsteen hit is misunderstood. Its contrasts — between grim verses and a joyous chorus, damning facts and fierc... (2019)


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a16z Podcast: The Infrastructure of Total Health – Andreessen Horowitz

Bernard J. Tyson is the chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, a $73 billion non-profit health organization that provides healthcare and coverage w... (2018)


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Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World by Robert D. Kaplan

Earning the Rockies book. Read 238 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. An incisive portrait of the American landscape that show... (2020)


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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy book. Read 25,407 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powe... (2020)


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AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, Kai-Fu Lee, eBook - Amazon.com

AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order - Kindle edition by Kai-Fu Lee. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, ... (2019)


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Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, by Sam Anderson

Oklahoma City and Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis ... (2018)


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This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back by Ken Ilgunas

This Land Is Our Land has 47 ratings and 11 reviews. Letitia said: A thoughtful and informative argument for the idea that Americans should have th... (2018)


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Common Core - National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy

National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy, by Nicholas Tampio The Common Core State Standards Initiative is one of the most contr... (2017)


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The High Cost of Free Parking - (book) by Donald C. Shoup

American drivers park for free on nearly ninety-nine percent of their car trips, and cities require developers to provide ample off-street parking ... (2018)


Website

Free Speech Rankings - universities USA - College Pulse, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

College Pulse, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, and RealClearEducation have released the first ever College Free Speech Rankings, a c... (2021)


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The 1619 Project Curriculum

The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when t... (2020)


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Flood Factor - Find Your Home's Flood Factor

Flood Factor is a free online tool created by the nonprofit First Street Foundation that makes it easy for Americans to find their property’s past ... (2020)


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Forecasting the US 2020 elections

Right now, our model thinks Joe Biden is likely to beat Donald Trump in the electoral college (2020)


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IHME - COVID-19 Projections (state by state)

Explore hospital bed use, need for intensive care beds, and ventilator use due to COVID-19 based on projected deaths (2020)


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Human-Centered Computing BS Degree at RIT

HCC is about leveraging technology, exploring and adapting how people access and interact with it. Finding ways to integrate technology with our ev... (2019)





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Poverty, and the cost of college

The California Sunday Magazine The College Try Liz Waite and Kersheral Jessup couldn’t afford a higher education, let alone rent. But they worked a... (2017)


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Hidden ivies - list of top liberal arts colleges in the USA - Google Sheets

liberal arts schools - beyond the Ivy League Claremont McKenna college,Claremont,California,private liberal arts college in Claremont, Californi... (2019)


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shareChunksSpreadsheet - google spreadsheet

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