Folge 13: Angriff auf die Ukraine, Tötungsdelikte in den USA, Buchverbot an US-Schulen und Gewerkschaften im Aufschwung
(aufgenommen am 24. Februar 2022)
Housekeeping
- Fake it til you make it? Der Fall Elizabeth Holmes
- Online Talk: Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing
Der Krieg in der Ukraine
- Politik-Experte Sirakov: „Putin hat nicht recht“ (Rheinpfalz) (Paywall)
- Krieg in Ukraine: Wie der aktuelle Stand ist (ZDF)
- Live News Updates (New York Times)
- „Angriff im Baltikum wäre ein Weltkrieg“: Der Außenpolitikexperte David Sirakov erklärt, was Putin antreibt (Rhein-Zeitung) (Paywall)
Tötungsdelikte in den USA
- Biden turns his focus to gun violence as Democrats try to shed ‚defund the police‘ label (CNN)
- ‘We Have Not Defunded Anything’: Big Cities Boost Police Budgets (Bloomberg)
- Even as Crime Declines, Gun Violence Is Rising (The Nation)
- Examining the Spike in Murders (The New York Times)
- Anzahl der Morde in den USA dramatisch gestiegen (FAZ)
- Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods were more dangerous than ever in 2021 (Chicago Sun Times)
- Transcript: Rogé Karma Interviews Patrick Sharkey for ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ (The New York Times)
- Why rising crime isn’t breaking through as a national issue (CNN)
Buchverbot an US-Schulen
- A Tennessee school board removed the graphic novel ‚Maus,‘ about the Holocaust, from curriculum due to language and nudity concerns (CNN)
- What’s Behind The Flap About ‘Maus’ (Forbes)
- Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (NYU Press)
- Wie eine Rassismustheorie die Amerikaner polarisiert (Neue Zürcher Zeitung)
- New critical race theory laws have teachers scared, confused and self-censoring (The Washington Post)
- From slavery to socialism, new legislation restricts what teachers can discuss (NPR)
- New rules are limiting how teachers can teach Black History Month (Axios)
- The critics were right: „Critical race theory“ panic is just a cover for silencing educators (Salon)
- Disputing Racism’s Reach, Republicans Rattle American Schools (The New York Times)
Gewerkschaften und Streik
- US-Arbeitskampf: Gewerkschaftsbeitritt bei Starbucks, Massenkündigungen bei Kellogg‘s (Frankfurter Rundschau)
- Kellogg strike will end after workers agree to new contract (CNN)
- Mitarbeiter in US-Apple-Stores wollen Gewerkschaft gründen (Apple)
- Approval of Labor Unions at Highest Point Since 1965
- Taking On Starbucks, Inspired by Bernie Sanders (The New York Times)
- Some U.S. Apple Store employees are working to unionize, part of a growing worker backlash (Washington Post)
- White House task force report on worker organizing and empowerment (The White House)
Transatlantic Treat
Super Bowl Commercials
(Bildnachweis: Super Bowl LVI, Los Angeles, California Pre-Game Warm Ups, Redspork02, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LASBLVI2022.jpg)