CCF’s Weekly Media Roundup by Steve Mintz, August 1, 2019

CCF Briefing

1. The Golden Girls Would Violate Zoning Laws
2. You Are Probably Overconfident. (If You Skip This, Doubly So.)
3. Wealthy Parents Transfer Guardianship of Teens to Get Aid
4. A New Genetic Explanation for Anorexia
5. Domestic Batterers Should Be Tracked on a Watch List
6. Busing Worked in Louisville. So Why Are Its Schools Becoming More Segregated?
7. Would You Want a Computer to Judge Your Risk of H.I.V. Infection?
8. #MeToo has changed how a lot of single men behave, new study finds
9. Reducing access to contraception won’t reduce the abortion rate
10. Older Americans face a housing crisis. Here’s what Congress should do about it.
11. No, military spending is not bankrupting us
12. More Older Couples Stay Together Because They Live Apart
13. Financial Crisis Yields a Generation of Renters
14. The future of the city doesn’t have to be childless
15. When ‘You’re Adopted’ Is Used as an Insult
16. A Wikipedia for Generation Z
17. Why Online Dating Can Feel Like Such an Existential Nightmare
18. The cost of bail for immigrants is surging
19. Anxiety Looks Different in Men
20. More Than 900 Migrant Children Have Been Separated From Their Families Over Past Year
21. They’re Mad as Hell
22. Need Extra Time on Tests? It Helps to Have Cash.
23. Paths to Treating Mental Illness
24. Americans Finally Consider Women as Competent as Men
25. Love and Visas
26. How to Win Friends and Influence People (at Bachelorette Parties)
27. Painfully Common: 52 Children Died Last Year in Hot Cars
28. Children Left to Die in Hot Cars: Accident or Murder?

30  Some Democrats Want to Decriminalize Illegal Border Crossings. Would it Work?

31. Colorectal Cancer Rises Among Younger Adults
32. Medicare for All? For More? Here’s How Medicare Works
33. What It’s Like to Live in Your Car
34. Is It Time for a Sleep Divorce?
35. When It Comes to 2020, Up Is Down and Down Is Up
36. Homes Are Being Built the Fastest in Many Flood-Prone Areas, Study Finds
37. How Phones Made the World Your Office, Like It or Not
38. The Army’s Message to Returning World War I Troops? Behave Yourselves
39. Abuse Victim’s 3 Billboards Called for Stronger Laws. Then the State Showed Up.
40. How Four Cities Can Predict Murder in America
41. Change Your Perspective to Change Your Life
42. Morning Exercise May Offer the Most Weight Loss Benefits
43. Who’s employed by the lifestyles of the rich and famous?

 

1. The Golden Girls Would Violate Zoning Laws

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/opinion/affordable-housing-zoning-golden-girls.html

It’s absurd how restrictive they are, given growing inequality in housing.

 

2. You Are Probably Overconfident. (If You Skip This, Doubly So.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/business/confidence-bias-investing.html

Do you fancy yourself a stockpicker? Are you certain you can assess avalanche risk in the backcountry? You may need a lesson in self-serving biases.

 

3. Facebook Connected Her to a Tattooed Soldier in Iraq. Or So She Thought.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/technology/facebook-military-scam.html

Renee Holland sent her Facebook friend thousands of dollars. She became entwined in a global fraud that the social network and the United States military appear helpless to stop.

 

4. Wealthy Parents Transfer Guardianship of Teens to Get Aid

https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-financial-aid-loophole-wealthy-parents-transfer-guardianship-of-their-teens-to-get-aid-11564450828

The Education Department is looking into a tactic that has been used in some Chicago suburbs, in which wealthy parents transfer legal guardianship of their college-bound children to relatives or friends so the teens can claim financial aid.

 

5. A New Genetic Explanation for Anorexia

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-genetic-explanation-for-anorexia-11564415094

The eating disorder, long viewed as a psychological condition, appears to have biological predictors that explain why gaining weight is harder for some patients.

 

6. Domestic Batterers Should Be Tracked on a Watch List

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/opinion/domestic-violence-ankle-bracelet.html

Greater surveillance will save lives.

 

7. Busing Worked in Louisville. So Why Are Its Schools Becoming More Segregated?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/us/busing-louisville-student-segregation.html

Some desegregation plans faltered in the face of white resistance. Louisville’s plan has proved remarkably resilient, surviving riots and court rulings.

 

8. Would You Want a Computer to Judge Your Risk of H.I.V. Infection?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/health/hiv-aids-prep.html

A new software algorithm decides which patients are most likely to become infected with the virus. But this is not like other risk calculators, some experts say.

 

9. #MeToo has changed how a lot of single men behave, new study finds

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/metoo-has-affected-how-single-men-date-new-survey-finds/

 

10. Reducing access to contraception won’t reduce the abortion rate

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2019/07/29/reducing-access-to-contraception-wont-reduce-the-abortion-rate

Katherine Guyot and Isabel Sawhill explain how the Trump administration’s new rules banning abortion referrals at federally funded family planning centers would also hinder access to contraceptive services for low-income women, reversing progress on unintended pregnancies and leading more women to seek abortions.

 

11. Older Americans face a housing crisis. Here’s what Congress should do about it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/28/older-americans-face-housing-crisis-heres-what-congress-should-do-about-it/

 

12. No, military spending is not bankrupting us

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-military-spending-is-not-bankrupting-us/2019/07/28/05525e2e-afd1-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html

 

13. More Older Couples Stay Together Because They Live Apart

https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-older-couples-stay-together-because-they-live-apart-11564311602

Many couples who begin relationships later in life are keeping separate homes because they cherish private space and financial independence

 

14. Financial Crisis Yields a Generation of Renters

https://www.wsj.com/articles/financial-crisis-yields-a-generation-of-renters-11564228800

Many young adults are priced out of the housing market. That could reshape their finances—and the economy—for years to come.

 

15. The future of the city doesn’t have to be childless

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2019/07/24/the-future-of-the-city-doesnt-have-to-be-childless

 

16. When ‘You’re Adopted’ Is Used as an Insult

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/07/youre-adopted-insult/594667/

Often deployed on playgrounds and between siblings, the slur draws on stereotypes about adoption that are both obsolete and unrealistic.

 

17. A Wikipedia for Generation Z

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/07/famous-birthdays-wikipedia-gen-z/594682/

Famous Birthdays has become a go-to database of teen culture—and is ushering in a whole new generation of stars.

 

18. Why Online Dating Can Feel Like Such an Existential Nightmare

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/online-dating-taking-over-everything/594337/

Matchmaking sites have officially surpassed friends and family in the world of dating, injecting modern romance with a dose of radical individualism. Maybe that’s the problem.

 

19. The cost of bail for immigrants is surging

https://www.axios.com/immigrant-bail-bonds-costs-rising-ice-judges-2e3a06b6-9802-4157-a282-ac9e9587a10d.html

 

20. Anxiety Looks Different in Men

https://www.wsj.com/articles/anxiety-looks-different-in-men-11564494352

Instead of coming across as nervousness or worry, anxiety in men often appears as anger, muscle aches or alcohol use—leading many men to go undiagnosed

 

21. More Than 900 Migrant Children Have Been Separated From Their Families Over Past Year

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/us/migrant-family-separations.html

Separations of migrant families are continuing in substantial numbers, often for reasons as simple as a parent with a traffic ticket, the American Civil Liberties Union reported.

 

22. They’re Mad as Hell

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/style/theyre-mad-as-hell.html

Among older women, anger is trending. In the time of #MeToo, their indignation is long overdue.

 

23. Need Extra Time on Tests? It Helps to Have Cash.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/us/extra-time-504-sat-act.html

Demand for disability accommodations for schoolwork and testing has swelled. But access to them is unequal and the process is vulnerable to abuse.

 

24. Paths to Treating Mental Illness

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/opinion/letters/drugs-depression-psychiatry.html

A psychiatrist and patients discuss the use of drugs and psychotherapy in the treatment of depression.

 

25. Americans Finally Consider Women as Competent as Men

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/us/women-men-competence.html

Or more competent, a new study finds.

 

26. Love and Visas

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/opinion/immigration-marriage-visas.html

Can a marriage made of video chats and airplane tickets survive?

 

27. How to Win Friends and Influence People (at Bachelorette Parties)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/style/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-at-bachelorette-parties.html

Tips for smoothing over any potential party conflicts or awkward moments before they even happen.

 

28. Painfully Common: 52 Children Died Last Year in Hot Cars

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/nyregion/newyorktoday/hot-car-deaths-nytoday.html

 

29. Children Left to Die in Hot Cars: Accident or Murder?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/nyregion/children-left-to-die-in-hot-cars-accident-or-murder.html

These nightmarish cases, including one in the Bronx last week, lead to a range of charges, showing the fraught nature of decisions facing prosecutors.

 

30. Some Democrats Want to Decriminalize Illegal Border Crossings. Would it Work?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/us/border-crossing-decriminalization.html

It’s the latest topic in the debate over immigration: Should it be a crime to cross the United States border without authorization?

 

31. Colorectal Cancer Rises Among Younger Adults

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/health/colon-cancer-young.html

These cancers are much more common in older patients. But new data show a sharp increase among adults in their 20s and 30s.

 

32. Medicare for All? For More? Here’s How Medicare Works

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/health/medicare-insurance.html

As Democrats embrace the idea of expanding the federal health insurance program, we looked at what it covers and costs. It’s far from “free.”

 

33. What It’s Like to Live in Your Car

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/us/los-angeles-car-living-homeless.html

 

34. Is It Time for a Sleep Divorce?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/fashion/weddings/is-it-time-for-a-sleep-divorce.html

That buzz saw snoring next to you, the freezing room, the elbow in your face. One way to a better night’s sleep may mean creating a separate sleep space.

 

35. When It Comes to 2020, Up Is Down and Down Is Up

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/opinion/trump-2020-midwest.html

The Midwest remains undecided, but conflicting trends point alternately toward victory for Trump or his eventual opponent.

 

36. Homes Are Being Built the Fastest in Many Flood-Prone Areas, Study Finds

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/climate/climate-change-new-homes-flooding.html

Increased awareness of climate change has not diminished Americans’ appetite for building homes in flood zones, new data show.

 

37. How Phones Made the World Your Office, Like It or Not

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/business/how-phones-made-the-world-your-office-like-it-or-not.html

From desk to car to pocket.

 

38. The Army’s Message to Returning World War I Troops? Behave Yourselves

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/magazine/world-war-i-veterans-treatment.html

Posters from 1918 reveal ignorance of the toll that the war took on those who fought it.

 

39. Abuse Victim’s 3 Billboards Called for Stronger Laws. Then the State Showed Up.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/nyregion/lobbying-billboard-new-york.html

Because she rented the billboards, Kat Sullivan may face more than $40,000 in fines for not registering as a lobbyist.

 

40. How Four Cities Can Predict Murder in America

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/upshot/murder-america-four-cities-predict.html

There’s a workaround for researchers and policymakers faced with a big time lag in the release of national statistics.

 

41. Change Your Perspective to Change Your Life

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/well/mind/cancer-writing-therapy-theater-art.html

The Visible Ink program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center gives patients and caregivers a way to explore life after cancer.

 

42. Morning Exercise May Offer the Most Weight Loss Benefits

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/well/move/morning-exercise-may-offer-the-most-weight-loss-benefits.html

In a study, people who worked out before noon lost more weight, on average, than those who typically exercised after 3 p.m.

 

43. Who’s employed by the lifestyles of the rich and famous?

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2019/07/15/whos-employed-by-the-lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-famous

Occupations catering to the needs of the well-off—such as maids, trainers, dog walkers, and gardeners—represent the fastest-growing segment of the American job market for non-college-educated workers. Mark Muro and Jacob Whiton break down where these “wealth work” positions are found, who holds them, and why the sector’s growth is so unsettling.