Praxis 192: 2016 Year in Review (no guest)

Original air date: January 2, 2017 Host Taylor Weech (pardon the sick voice!) shares a rundown of the stories that characterized this year, both positive and negative, and prepares us for what's ahead in the coming year. Between the poles of Standing Rock--a rich movement of resistance and life--and Trump's election--a reveling in the most toxic aspects of our culture--there was fake news hysteria, calls for empathy that were more complex than expected, and much more weirdness. Includes reference to or portions of the following: http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/trump-played-to-anger-but-we-dont-have-to-fall-for-divide-and-conquer-20161214 http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/21/13642606/trump-voters-empathy-racism http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_we_need_empathy_in_the_age_of_trump http://qz.com/768122/facebook-fires-human-editors-moves-to-algorithm-for-trending-topics/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/08/facebook-fires-human-editors-algorithm-immediately-posts-fake-news/ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38168792 http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/dec/13/2016-lie-year-fake-news/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-government-finally-has-a-realistic-estimate-of-killings-by-police/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/video/2016-word-of-the-year-behind-the-scenes?utm_source=mwsite&utm_medium=recirctop&utm_campaign=ppv