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Police Brutality in Hong Kong, Supreme Court Halts Texas Abortion Law, Harvard Law Profs Pan Sexual Violence Policy: A.M. Links

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.15.2014 9:00 AM


  • Footage of Hong Kong police beating a pro-democracy protester has gone viral; officials say the officers involved will be suspended. 

  • The U.S. Supreme Court stepped in to block several parts of a much-contested Texas abortion law, which the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld earlier this month. 
  • Twenty-eight Harvard Law School faculty members issued a statement opposing the school's new sexual harassment and violence policy, which they say is "overwhelmingly stacked against the accused". 
  • A second Texas health worker has tested positive for Ebola.
  • Google Glass addiction is here. 
  • Feminist video-game critic Anita Sarkeesian—a controversial figure in the ongoing #GamerGate dustup—canceled a planned talk at Utah State University after the school received threats of a "Massacre style attack" if the talk took place. 
  • How whiskey conquered vodka in the U.S.  

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a senior editor at Reason.