Google Returns to China? Joint KFC Themed Store Opens in Shanghai
How Much of the Internet Is Fake? ; DC Students Owe Nearly Half a Million in Lunch Debt ...and More Picks
How Much of the Internet Is Fake? Turns Out, a Lot of It, Actually. (Gerry)
The author writes, “How much of the internet is fake? Studies generally suggest that, year after year, less than 60 percent of web traffic is human; some years, according to some researchers, a healthy majority of it is bot.”
Eight Federal Judges on Appellate Court Dissent Over Prayer-Ban Ruling (Reader Steve)
The author writes, “Eight conservative judges on the federal appeals court in San Francisco, including both of President Trump’s appointees, dissented sharply Wednesday from a ruling that prohibited a public school board from opening its sessions with a prayer.
2018 Was a Year of Drastic Cuts to US Refugee Admissions (Jimmy)
The author writes, “It’s well known that President Trump wants a wall on the southern US border. He insists it’s urgent to curb illegal immigration. But more than any wall, new barriers to legal immigration are likely to have more bearing on people trying to enter the United States. The United States is rejecting more legal immigrants than ever before.”
Hidden Crisis: DC Area Students Owe Nearly Half a Million in K-12 School Lunch Debt (Reader Luke)
The author writes, “As students in the Washington area went home for winter break, a substantial number were in debt — to the school cafeteria.”
Proposition 13 Is No Longer Off-Limits in California (Reader Steve)
The author writes, “Politicians have feared for their careers if they dared suggest changes to the measure that capped property taxes, took a scythe to government spending and spawned antitax initiatives across the country. However, that is beginning to change.”
What Minimum-Wage Foes Got Wrong About Seattle (Jimmy)
From Bloomberg: “An initial study said the increase to $15 would cost workers jobs and hours. That didn’t happen.”
