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Wednesday, February 25 2015

• Today's Takeaways: Striking Back Against The Banks, The 'American Sniper' Murder Trial & The Future of The Open Web February 25, 2015

  The Takeaway looks at workplace gender bias across the globe, we have the details on a student loan "debt strike," and we discuss the future of municipally-owned internet networks. (episode)

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  • Striking Back Against Banks: Student Loan Holders Go on Strike February 25, 2015

    This year, student loan debt reached a new high in the United States, inching up to a whopping $1.16 trillion. Now some are pushing back with a "debt strike."

  • Ex-Marine Guilty in 'American Sniper' Murder Trial February 25, 2015

    A&nbsp;jury has handed down a guilty verdict&nbsp;in the murder trial of&nbsp;former U.S. Navy Seal&nbsp;Chris Kyle&mdash;the man at the center of the film and book&nbsp;"American Sniper."

  • Municipally Owned Networks: The Future of The Open Web? February 25, 2015

    In addition to tomorrow's vote on net neutrality, the FCC will also decide whether or not to intervene in two states that have laws that&nbsp;limit municipally owned internet networks.

  • An Intimate & Complicated History of Women in Pakistan February 25, 2015

    In her new memoir "The Upstairs Wife," author and activist Rafia Zakaria takes an in-depth look at the role of women in Pakistan, beginning with the women in her family. &nbsp;