Topic: Universal Service

The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a lower court ruling that required heterosexual plaintiffs to meet a higher evidentiary hurdle in workplace discrimination claims. This decision, stemming from a case involving the Ohio Youth Services Department, signals a shift in how "reverse racism" and bias claims are handled under Title VII. The ruling coincides with increased federal scrutiny of Ivy League universities, including proposals to tax large, tax-free endowments and address tuition inflation driven by government-backed student loans.

The implementation of Common Core's PARCC tests is driving a massive $5 billion upgrade in school wireless infrastructure, with Cisco and Google emerging as the primary beneficiaries. Schools are purchasing Chromebooks en masse to meet testing requirements, which the hosts argue serves to hook students into the Google ecosystem and data collection early. The segment suggests that these standardized tests are designed to "separate the wheat from the chaff" and identify elite students for the future economy.

Emory University has established "swine flu dorms" to isolate infected students, a trend appearing at colleges across the United States. In the UK, a mother faced threats of having her child removed by social workers after linking her daughter's paralysis to a cervical cancer vaccine. The segment explores the tension between government health mandates and parental rights in both the US and the UK.

Audio surfaces of Rahm Emanuel discussing a proposal for "Universal Civil Defense Training," which would require young adults between ages 18 and 25 to undergo three months of service. The hosts compare the plan to a form of mandatory national service or barracks-style training for the youth.