What We’re Reading – Sunday, April 17, 2016
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Opinion: Build on our history, not over it
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription)
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/opinion/build-on-our-history-not-over-it/nq6HQ/
Prosecutor: Georgia City has No Authority to Decriminalize Marijuana
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Oakland passes rent hike moratorium, eviction moratorium
KTVU television news (California)
http://www.ktvu.com/news/118042094-story
Emotions Run High during Rent Control Protest (Multnomah County, Portland, Oregon)
KGW television news
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/emotions-run-high-during-rent-control-protest/125176227
Disney magic gets solar power source (Florida)
Fox 5 Atlanta television news
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/121818916-story
Gov. Scott Signs Bill that will allow students to transfer to any school
Sun-Sentinel (Florida)
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/os-gov-scott-school-choice-transfers-billl-20160414-story.html
How the City of Seattle Trashes Homeless People’s Belongings and Chases them around town (Washington)
The Stranger
America’s Eviction Epidemic
New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/article/132159/americas-eviction-epidemic
U.S. Will Finally Get its First Offshore Wind Farm This Year
Tree Hugger
New Rules for Retirement Accounts, Financial Advisers
New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/your-money/new-rules-for-retirement-accounts-financial-advisers.html
The Card Catalog is Officially Dead
Smithsonian
www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/smart-news/card-catalog-dead-180956823
Ten Years of “Shoes,” the Story of the First Great Viral Music Video
Vice
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/shoes-10-years-later-interview
No, you can’t feel sorry for everyone
Nautilus
http://www.nautil.us/issue/35/boundaries/no-you-cant-feel-sorry-for-everyone
More than 1,000 People Detained during G20 Summit Can Sue Police
Guardian (UK)
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/06/toronto-g20-summit-police-lawsuit-civil-rights-abuses
New Zealand has officially recognized all animals as sentient beings
V between the lines
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