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http://sfist.com/2016/02/11/71_of_sf_homeless_once_had_homes_in.php wildwise studio via Flickr There’s a lot to learn form the Homeless Point-In-Time Count & Survey Comprehensive Report of 2015, which is online in

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/study-suspects-shocked-by-taser-more-likely-to-waive-miranda-rights/ Christopher Paul A new study says the obvious: suspects’ brains are briefly scrambled when they are on the receiving end of a Taser stun

San Francisco has dispatched a team of social workers, cops and fire fighters to remove the homeless from the long-time encampment that will be the

The Full History of Board Games — The Startup — Medium https://medium.com/swlh/the-full-history-of-board-games-5e622811ce89?source=userActivityShare-848cb952d7a2-1454176443 Mesopotamian Four Sided Dice and Stick Dice Dice were eventually made from a

Missing and Presumed Held by China – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/opinion/missing-and-presumed-held-by-china.html China has long had one of the world’s worst human rights records because of the way

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/22/water-lead-content-tests-us-authorities-distorting-flint-crisis Water authorities across the US are systematically distorting water tests to downplay the amount of lead in samples, risking a dangerous spread of the

The Need for a Tax on Financial Trading – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/opinion/the-need-for-a-tax-on-financial-trading.html?_r=0 A financial transaction tax — a per-trade charge on the buying and selling of

Thirty years ago, as the nation mourned the loss of seven astronauts on the space shuttle Challenger, Bob Ebeling was steeped in his own deep

Liberals Turn to Cities to Pass Laws and Spread Ideas – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/upshot/liberals-turn-to-cities-to-pass-laws-and-spread-ideas.html If Congress won’t focus on a new policy idea, and if state