Abortion Laws, Meme Union, Veteran Culture Shock

Wave of Abortion Restrictions Sweeping States May Signal New Strategy to Overturn Roe v. Wade Guest: Mary Ziegler, Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law, Author of the forthcoming book “Abortion in America: A Legal History, Roe v. Wade to the Present” At least eight states have passed new restrictions on abortion this year and many more state legislatures are debating them. Alabama’s has received a lot of attention for banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy –that’s the earliest in the country and there’s no exception for a victim of rape or incest. What’s driving this wave of state laws and how likely are they to result in another Supreme Court ruling on abortion? Meme Creators are Unionizing. Why? Guest: Aiden Arata, Meme Union Member Okay so, memes. That’s what they call those weird, viral images that pop up on your social media feed –maybe it’s a screenshot of a TV show and someone’s put some funny captions on it. And then someone else goes in and writes their own captions for it and shares that. There are whole Instagram accounts devoted to sharing memes and gets tons of traffic –which is brilliant for Instagram because it’s making money off all this viral content people are making for free. But now the makers of memes are organizing to demand more control over how their work is used and who benefits from it.  Why Veterans Experience Culture Shock When Transitioning to College Guest: William Howe Jr, Doctoral Candidate Studying Communications, University of Oklahoma When someone enters the US military, they spend two to three months in bootcamp, where the civilian culture they’ve known gets replaced by military culture –the physical and mental changes are major. But when someone leaves the military, there’s no transition. It’s just –“Thank you for your service. Good luck with civilian life!” US Army Veteran William Howe Jr says that’s irresponsible. He’s studying the culture shock veterans experience –particularly when they jump from combat to college.  The Chinese Workers