8/10/2020: Google making it easier to find Black-owned businesses - Airline Food For Sale. No Plane Ticket Required

Today's Article: Google making it easier to find Black-owned businesses
From: The Verge
Readability Score: 10.8

Google badges are now available for certain minority-owned businesses. Help or hindrance? 

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Readability Score: 9.4

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10/28/2019: Google affiliate begins drone deliveries in Virginia town - A Soccer Team In Denmark Is Using Facial Recognition To Stop Unruly Fans

Today's Article: Google affiliate begins drone deliveries in Virginia town
From: AP News
Readability Score: 10.2

Drone delivery is here. What are the benefits? What are possible problems? Will you leave the house less if drones will bring it to you?

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Readability Score: 9.5

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8/19/2019: Russia tells Google not to advertise "illegal" events after election protests - Newark's Drinking Water Problem: Lead And Unreliable Filters

Today's Article: Russia tells Google not to advertise "illegal" events after election protests
From: Reuters
Readability Score: 13.5

Should American tech companies compromise with authoritarian countries to gain market share? What are the pros and cons?

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Readability Score: 9.7

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3/9/2018: Supreme Court Gets Moving, Issuing As Many Decisions In One Day As It Has In 5 Months - From Pepsico janitor to exec-- powered by spicy Cheetos and entrepreneurship

Today's Article: Supreme Court Gets Moving, Issuing As Many Decisions In One Day As It Has In 5 Months
From: NPR
Readability Score: 11.3

If you plead guilty to breaking a law, does that mean you've surrendered all your constitutional rights regarding the case? Explore the Supreme Court's recent decision and decide which side of the court you agree with. Have your students take our interactive google form survey with today's Current Events Lesson.

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Readability Score: 8.0

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2/19/2018: The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google - Chinese New Year: Welcoming the Year of the Dog

Today's Article: The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google
From: Wired
Readability Score: 12.3

A group of Google employees allege they are the target of efforts to silence them in response to their criticism of diversity efforts at the company. How does a company that claims it is a champion of free speech and ideas respond to this?

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Readability Score: 9.3

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