Modi in America, SCOTUS Scandal, Failing Students, Food Police

SCOTUS Scandal [03:16]

Justice Alito Defends Private Jet Travel to Luxury Fishing Trip (New York Times, 6/21/23)

Covid Origins

The Government Must Say What It Knows About Covid’s Origins (New York Times, 6/21/23)

Modi in America [14:34]

How do you befriend America, Russia and China at the same time? Ask India (Economist, 6/21/23)
India’s diaspora is bigger and more influential than any in history (Economist, 6/12/23)
Joe Biden and Narendra Modi are drawing their countries closer (Economist, 6/15/23)
In Hosting Modi, Biden Pushes Democracy Concerns to the Background (New York Times, 6/21/23)
Narendra Modi is the world’s most popular leader (Economist, 6/15/23)
Why Is Narendra Modi So Popular? Tune In to Find Out. (New York Times. 6/21/23)
Indian Dissidents Have Had It With America Praising Modi (Atlantic, 6/21/23)
America’s lavish red carpet for Modi (Financial Times, 6/21/23)
Biden Plans Lavish Formal Welcome for Modi as He Seeks to Bolster Ties (New York Times, 6/22/23)
What to Know About Modi’s Visit and U.S.-India Relations (New York Times, 6/22/23)
Hindu Nationalism’s Alarming Rise in the US Goes Beyond Texas (The Nation, 9/15/22)

The Price of Making Friends With Modi (New York Times, 6/22/23)

Failing Students [35:31]

NAEP Scores ‘Flashing Red’ AFinancial Timeser a Lost Generation of Learning for 13-Year-Olds (The 74, 6/21/23)
The “nation’s report card” just came out. Scores dropping since 2020. But actually, 40 years of progress reversed in…. 2012, like so much else. (Hadit Twitter, 6/21/23)
Get Phones Out of Schools Now (The Atlantic, 6/6/23)
Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Recent Long-Term Trend
Assessment for 13-Year-Olds (US Department of Education, 6/21/23)
Mississippi Students Surged in Reading Over the Last Decade. Here’s How Schools Got
Them There (Education Week, 6/19/23)

Food Police [50:26]

Are Lawmakers Seeking Healthy Limits on Junk Food or Acting as Food Police? (Wall Street Journal, 6/20/23)
Food Stamp Program in Political Crosshairs as Pandemic-Era Changes End (Wall Street Journal, 2/19/23)
Debt-Ceiling Deal Raises Age of Americans Who Must Work for Food Aid (Wall Street Journal, 5/31/23)
Healthy Food Financing Initiative (USDA)
Obesity Facts
The First Lady Introduces Let’s Move (Michelle Obama, 2/13/13)
How Michelle Obama quietly changed what Americans eat (VOX, 10/3/16)
More States Show Prevalence of Obesity, CDC Finds (Wall Street Journal, 9/15/21)
The end of vice (Axios, 10/2/21)
Obesity prevention: the role of policies, laws and regulations (Aust New Zealand Health Policy. 5/12/08)
Medicare Doesn’t Pay For Obesity Drugs (Forbes, 3/1/23)
37.3 Million Americans have Diabetes: When will Congress Act? (Roll Call, 10/20/22)
A new study offers hints that healthier school lunches may help reduce obesity (National Public Radio, 2/15/23)
Unhealthy food advertising decreased by 64% in Chile aFinancial Timeser policy change (6/12/23)