6/13/20

Episode 4: things we learned/things we got wrong:

News:

Toronto Raptors & St. Louis Blues

Protests in Hong Kong https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49317695 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/world/asia/hong-kong-protests-one-year-later.html

cannonballs in Bulgaria dating to mid-1400s

Ali Stroker won a Tony 2019. Antonyo Awards to take place on Juneteenth 2020.

Kraft Ranch dressing as "frosting"

Juneteenth 2019 House of Reps testimony about reparations https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/us/politics/slavery-reparations-hearing.html 

June 2020 vote called for to establish a commission to investigate reparations

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/reparations-congress-bill-vote/index.html

Irish island Arranmore

Topics:

Matthew Desmond’s 2016 Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City 

John Oliver show Last Week Tonight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCC8fPQOaxU

Data on the homeless count was tallied this week and LA saw a 13% rise

book The Broken Heart of America 

Insurance rates based on gender illegal in certain states

https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/car-insurance-rates-men-vs-women-2019-4 

Jan 19 2010 tornado in Long Beach, Sunset Beach, Huntington Beach and Seal Beach https://www.inquisitr.com/57913/tornado-long-beach/

California coast sinking L.A. Times July 7 2019 https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-sea-level-rise-california-coast/