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This Week In Techdirt History: January 15th – 21st

2 years 5 months ago
Five Years Ago This week in 2018, Rep. Marsha Blackburn was pushing a fake net neutrality law, while the Senate push to save net neutrality was one vote short, and lawsuits were lining up against the FCC over the repeal: first from 22 state Attorneys General, and then from Mozilla and consumer groups like Public […]
Leigh Beadon

Raw data: The AP African American Studies test

2 years 5 months ago
You've probably heard that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has banned the new AP African American test because it is "inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value." No further explanation or detail was provided, so nobody knows precisely what this means. However, if you're curious about which sections of the test probably offend ...continue reading "Raw data: The AP African American Studies test"
Kevin Drum

BREAKING: Tories slashed spending on NHS and service cratered

2 years 5 months ago
Apparently Britain's National Health Service is having problems these days. What's the solution? More privatization? More accountability?  More doctors from overseas? I don't want to pretend that the NHS's problems aren't complex. But at least one of them is pretty simple. Consider this chart from a couple of years ago: This is plain enough. In ...continue reading "BREAKING: Tories slashed spending on NHS and service cratered"
Kevin Drum