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Tue. 11/22 - Should 16-Year-Olds Be Allowed To Vote?


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New Zealand is set to vote on lowering the voting age to 16. Scientists have added four new prefixes to the metric system. And a peek inside the wide world of Monster Energy drink collection and trading communities.

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    Supreme Court rules in favour of lowering voting age to 16 in case by ‘Make it 16′ group (New Zealand Herald)
  • New Zealand lawmakers will vote on whether to lower the national voting age to 16 (NPR)
  • Analysis: Democrats would have gotten crushed this election without young voters (CNN)
  • Turnout among young voters was the second highest for a midterm in past 30 years (NPR)
  • A Powerful Theory of Why the Far Right Is Thriving Across the Globe (NY Times) 
  • Cultural Backlash: Trump, Brexit, and Authoritarian Populism by Pippa Norris and Ronald Ingleheart
  • It's Official: Scientists Confirm a New Expanded Scale of Measurement (ScienceAlert)
  • Earth weighs in at six ronnagrams as new prefixes picked for big and small (The Guardian)
  • The Earth now weighs 6 ronnagrams. What does that mean? (Washington Post)
  • Inside the Fanatical, International, Extremely Online World of Monster Energy Trading (Punch)
  • We Tried EVERY Monster Energy Drink Flavor (Good Mythical Morning, YouTube)
  • The Pez Outlaw - Official Trailer (IGN, YouTube)
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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