2018年3月15日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World News


'Chief Wahoo' out: the mascot debate

Posted: 15 Mar 2018 01:07 PM PDT

'Chief Wahoo' out: the mascot debateThe announcement in January that the Cleveland Indians will remove the  "Chief Wahoo" logo from use on the field has invited a reexamination of sports teams' use of Native American-inspired names and imagery. Research presents arguments against the use of Native American sports mascots, so why does the practice persist? Q: What was behind the decision to remove Chief Wahoo?


The race to be a start-up nation

Posted: 15 Mar 2018 12:49 PM PDT

The race to be a start-up nation One way to gauge the world's pace of innovation is to measure how many people fear failure in business. In a just-released survey of 44 countries by Amway, about half of 50,000 people interviewed said they would be willing to risk failure if they were to start a business.


To revitalize poor suburbs, Paris taps underused resource: women entrepreneurs

Posted: 15 Mar 2018 12:43 PM PDT

To revitalize poor suburbs, Paris taps underused resource: women entrepreneursWeaving through her childhood cité – or social housing block – in the Parisian suburb of Villemomble, Hafida Guebli passes a gaping hole where the library used to be. It burned down during the 2005 riots that spilled over from nearby Clichy-sous-Bois and left numerous Paris banlieues in ruin. Ms. Guebli remembers the violence, police brutality, and skepticism of those days.


In Kentucky, all sides agree on need for criminal justice reform. But how?

Posted: 15 Mar 2018 12:16 PM PDT

In Kentucky, all sides agree on need for criminal justice reform. But how?In 2009, both Tahiesha Howard and the state of Kentucky were looking for a fresh start. Ms. Howard's childhood was such a blur of dysfunction and addiction she says she couldn't remember her first drink of alcohol. Kentucky, meanwhile, had become a poster child for ineffective and unsustainable mass incarceration – its prison system growing at quadruple the national average despite a consistently low crime rate.


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