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Bigotry in Jerusalem

vendredi 19 décembre 2014 à 13:00

Palestinian bus drivers in Jerusalem face attacks from Jewish bigots; there is an attack every day. 100 bus drivers have quit because of the danger.

The media talk about Palestinians that attack Israeli strangers, not mentioning that it goes the other direction too.

But it's not always random bigotry. A Palestinian woman was shot by a soldier after she stabbed an Israeli — but she says she was defending herself from him.

How Bedouin were driven off their lands

vendredi 19 décembre 2014 à 13:00

Investigating how Bedouin in the Negev were driven off their lands.

Subsidies taken by low-wage employers

vendredi 19 décembre 2014 à 13:00

Low-wage employers in the US have received billions of dollars in subsidies from state and local governments.

People who supposedly got rich "on their own" got a lot of help from subsidies too.

Hypersensitivity of students

vendredi 19 décembre 2014 à 13:00

A law professor says that organized hypersensitivity of students is an obstacle to the teaching of rape law.

Other kinds of violence can make people uncomfortable too. There are many subjects that can't be taught to or learned by the squeamish, including law, history, sociology, biology and medicine.

There are many other fields where this is not an issue, including math, physics, chemistry and some kinds of engineering. Students who are particularly sensitive may need to choose those fields. However, schools should encourage students to overcome squeamishness rather than hold back education to cater to it.

Movie companies want DNS-blocking

vendredi 19 décembre 2014 à 13:00

The movie companies want to impose DNS-blocking on US ISPs.