Inside the Headlines w/The Newsvandal: 09.04.15

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THE WEEK THAT WAS
>>Sealed Deal
The Storm Before the Calm
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/02/the-storm-before-the-calm-israel-iran/

>>China’s Checkered
Revolution or Collapse: China’s rise has come at horrific social and environmental cost
https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/121/revolution-or-collapse.html

>>Moving Stories
War stops 13 million going to school in Middle East, N.Africa -U.N
http://www.trust.org/item/20150903000239-nqjrc/
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Family of Syrian boy washed up on beach were trying to reach Canada
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/03/refugee-crisis-syrian-boy-washed-up-on-beach-turkey-trying-to-reach-canada

ITH DEEP-DIVE: Labor Daze
Why America Isn’t Socialist
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-america-isnt-socialist/

Why teachers are working for free in Pennsylvania school district
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2015/0901/Why-teachers-are-working-for-free-in-Pennsylvania-school-district

US productivity up 3.3 percent in spring, labor costs fall
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/eac13f2843fa49108479365f9154d2f1/us-productivity-33-percent-spring-labor-costs-fall

Longer Hours, More Stress, No Extra Pay: It’s Not Just Amazon, It’s the Modern Workplace
http://www.thenation.com/article/longer-hours-more-stress-no-extra-pay-its-not-just-amazon-its-the-modern-workplace/

Wal-Mart Cuts Some Workers’ Hours After Pay Raise Boosts Costs
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-31/wal-mart-cuts-some-workers-hours-after-pay-raise-boosts-costs

These Retailers Make Bank CEO Pay Look Modest
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-02/think-ceo-pay-ratios-at-banks-will-be-crazy-check-out-retailers

Rising labor costs could make tech manufacturing leave China
http://fortune.com/2015/08/27/tech-manufacturing-relocation/

The Global Race to the Bottom
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/09/merkel-austerity-globalization-eu-poverty/

THIS WEEK IN GOOD NEWS!
Cats rescued from China’s meat trade become ‘ambassadors’ in the US
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6639027/2015/08/30/cats-rescued-chinas-meat-trade-are-adoption-ambassadors-us

“Smart” solar palm trees power Wi-Fi, phones in Dubai
http://www.trust.org/item/20150827112051-unqxf/

How a new battery revolution will change your life
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy/2015/0830/How-a-new-battery-revolution-will-change-your-life

ODDS & ENDS
Football on the Corporate Campus
http://bostonreview.net/us/robert-kehoe-college-football

B-3: The Inside Story of America’s Next Bomber
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2015/09/02/b-3-the-inside-story-of-americas-next-bomber/

Coal Companies Are Dying While Their Execs Grab More Cash
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/09/coal-executives-salaries-bonuses-stock

Coal ash contains radioactive contaminants: US study
http://news.yahoo.com/coal-ash-contains-radioactive-contaminants-us-study-223116933.html

Almost every seabird ‘will have eaten plastic by 2050’ because of ocean pollution
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/almost-every-seabird-will-have-eaten-plastic-by-2050-because-of-ocean-pollution-10480117.html

Biodiversity below ground is just as important as above ground
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/fos–bbi090115.php

UN: Gaza could be ‘uninhabitable’ by 2020
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4696898,00.html

How the Amish conquered the evangelical romance market
http://thebaffler.com/salvos/titillated-thou

Scientists reveal the only way to prevent a hangover: Not drinking
http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/hangovers-cant-be-prevented-with-water-or-greasy-food-says-science-1.3210322

Joy of Goth: how sad music can help your mental health
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/28/being-a-goth-good-for-mental-health

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