ANOTHER BIG DUMP
Current Event #2 is due on Friday May 2.
There hasn't been a Sunday Info Dump since the end of March because I've been really busy planning, grading, and trying to pretend that I have a social life outside of school. Here are all of the links that I've been saving for the last two months. I'm posting them from most recent to oldest. Most but not all of these articles are great options for your Current Event!
Articles related to the Clippers' owner, his racist remarks, and his ban...
Articles related to Michigan banning affirmative action by colleges...
Will ESPN Tell Doug Glanville's Story?
Derrick Gordon Becomes First Out Gay Male NCAA Basketball Player
Marshall Islands sues 9 nuclear powers over failure to disarm nuclear stockpiles
Incredible Feats of Engineering in Formula 1 Racing
Study: The U.S. Is an Oligarchy
'Weed brain' debate: neurological differences don't necessarily mean impairment
France Bans Work Email After 6 P.M.
How Obsessed Fans Finally Exhumed Atari's Secret Game Graveyard
Police Discover Multi-Million Dollar Shoplifting Ring in Detroit
Detroit escalates its war on blight
10 Most Bad-Ass Signature Moves In Anime
From Pickaxes to Robots: The Evolution of the Bomb Disposal Squad
Comics Economics: How To Earn A Living With A Comics Degree
Controversy swirls around EAA even as lawmakers try to expand it
Teen Gets Trapped in Storm Drain While Trying to Save Her Cell Phone
NPR Pulled a Brilliant April Fools' Prank On People Who Don't Read
The Myth of the CEO
10 Shocking Ways the Second World War Could Have Ended Differently
One Map Showing Where the Water Shortages Will Hit
Watch an X-Class Solar Flare Ignite the Skies Over Iceland
So, did you guys hear we caught a terrorist last week?
The Top-Grossing, Bechdel-Passing Movies
Supreme Court Creates Gaping New Loopholes for Campaign Contributions
Black Female Soldiers Say the Army's New Hair Rules Are Racist
Printing Wikipedia Would Take 1 Million Pages, But That's Sort Of The Point
This Is What the GOP's War On Science Looks Like
Richard Sherman: Stardom Doesn't Change Where You're From
Detroit council initiative to tackle issues facing black men
Charlotte Laws' fight with Hunter Moore, the internet's revenge porn king
At what speed would you have to drive for rain to shatter your windshield?
What would happen if Earth's rotation sped up until a day only lasted a second?
Articles related to the Clippers' owner, his racist remarks, and his ban...
- NBA Hits Clippers' Owner Sterling With Lifetime Ban, $2.5 Million Fine [Source: NPR]
- Sterling's Tarnished History Of Alleged Discrimination [Source: NPR]
- Reactions To NBA's Ban Of Clippers Owner Donald Sterling [Source: NPR]
- How Donald Sterling Violated The NBA's Unspoken Social Contract [Source: NPR]
- Sterling Ban: 10 Takeaways from Adam Silver's, Kevin Johnson's Press Conferences [Source: Edge of Sports]
Articles related to Michigan banning affirmative action by colleges...
- What we have lost because of Michigan's affirmative action ban [Source: Detroit Free Press)
- How the Supreme Court's ruling on Michigan affirmative action affects colleges [Source: Washington Post]
- Civil Rights Group Slams Michigan Ban On Affirmative Action [Source: Al Jazeera]
- Quoted: Selections From Justice Sonia Sotomayor's Argument For Affirmative Action [Source: Racialicious]
- Asian Americans Are The Hidden Bystanders In Michigan Affirmative Action Case [Source: Forbes]
Will ESPN Tell Doug Glanville's Story?
- Source: Racialicious
Derrick Gordon Becomes First Out Gay Male NCAA Basketball Player
- Source: Racialicious
Marshall Islands sues 9 nuclear powers over failure to disarm nuclear stockpiles
- Source: Boing Boing
Incredible Feats of Engineering in Formula 1 Racing
- Source: io9
Study: The U.S. Is an Oligarchy
- Source: Gawker
'Weed brain' debate: neurological differences don't necessarily mean impairment
- Source: Boing Boing
France Bans Work Email After 6 P.M.
- Source: Gawker
How Obsessed Fans Finally Exhumed Atari's Secret Game Graveyard
- Source: Wired
Police Discover Multi-Million Dollar Shoplifting Ring in Detroit
- Source: Gawker
Detroit escalates its war on blight
- Source: Detroit News
10 Most Bad-Ass Signature Moves In Anime
- Source: io9
From Pickaxes to Robots: The Evolution of the Bomb Disposal Squad
- Source: io9
Comics Economics: How To Earn A Living With A Comics Degree
- Source: MK Reed & Joe Flood for Cartoon Allies
Controversy swirls around EAA even as lawmakers try to expand it
- Source: Detroit Free Press
Teen Gets Trapped in Storm Drain While Trying to Save Her Cell Phone
- Source: Gawker
NPR Pulled a Brilliant April Fools' Prank On People Who Don't Read
- Source: Gawker
The Myth of the CEO
- Source: Gawker
10 Shocking Ways the Second World War Could Have Ended Differently
- Source: io9
One Map Showing Where the Water Shortages Will Hit
- Source: io9
Watch an X-Class Solar Flare Ignite the Skies Over Iceland
- Source: io9
So, did you guys hear we caught a terrorist last week?
- Source: Death and Taxes
The Top-Grossing, Bechdel-Passing Movies
- Source: FiveThirtyEight
Supreme Court Creates Gaping New Loopholes for Campaign Contributions
- Source: Gawker
Black Female Soldiers Say the Army's New Hair Rules Are Racist
- Source: Gawker
Printing Wikipedia Would Take 1 Million Pages, But That's Sort Of The Point
- Source: NPR
This Is What the GOP's War On Science Looks Like
- Source: io9
Richard Sherman: Stardom Doesn't Change Where You're From
- Source: Sports Illustrated
Detroit council initiative to tackle issues facing black men
- Source: Detroit News
Charlotte Laws' fight with Hunter Moore, the internet's revenge porn king
- Source: The Guardian
At what speed would you have to drive for rain to shatter your windshield?
- Source: XKCD - What If?
What would happen if Earth's rotation sped up until a day only lasted a second?
- Source: XKCD - What If?