http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/researchers-complain-about-changes-in-amazon-tool-used-for-surveys/57031

https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2014

"In this fourth-annual report, EFF examines the publicly-available policies of major Internet companies—including Internet service providers, email providers, mobile communications tools, telecommunications companies, cloud storage providers, location-based services, blogging platforms, and social networking sites—to assess whether they publicly commit to standing with users when the government seeks access to user data. The purpose of this report is to allow users to make informed decisions about the companies with whom they do business. It is also designed to incentivize companies to adopt best practices, be transparent about how data flows to the government, and to take a stand for their users’ privacy in Congress and in the courts whenever it is possible to do so."

http://www.epi.org/blog/top-ceo-compensation-soars-and-why-we-do-not-look-at-average-ceos/

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2015/06/for-the-poor-the-graduation-gap-is-even-wider-than-the-enrollment-gap.html

"Rich and poor students don’t merely enroll in college at different rates; they also complete it at different rates. The graduation gap is even wider than the enrollment gap."

http://nlihc.org/oor

The Stats Don’t Lie
In no state can a person working full-time at minimum wage afford a one-bedroom apartment at the Fair Market Rent.
Every year since 1989 Out of Reach has shown the gap between wages and rents across the country and the gap continues to grow as the cost of housing increases more quickly than earnings. A renter earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour would need to work 85 hours per week to afford a one-bedroom rent at the Fair Market Rent and 102 hours per week to afford a two-bedroom Fair Market Rent.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/03/06/why-the-learning-pyramid-is-wrong/

http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/05/20/americans-attitudes-about-privacy-security-and-surveillance/#americans-have-little-confidence-that-their-data-will-remain-private-and-secure

"Even as they expect online anonymity, most assume that motivated people and organizations could uncover private details."

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2015/05/paul-krugman-the-big-meh.html

"A growing number of economists … are wondering if the technological revolution has been greatly overhyped… New technologies have yielded great headlines, but modest economic results. Why?
One possibility is that the numbers are missing the reality, especially the benefits of new products and services."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/05/11/_400_another_co2_record_high.html

"In May 2013, humans reached a new dark record: The daily level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, as measured at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, reached a value of 400 parts per million. That was the highest value recorded in human history."

Sad, but kind of true.

http://thisisindexed.com/2015/04/the-irony-of-the-internet/